- Tytuł:
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Annales Zoologici, vol. 58, no 2
Cuticular hydrocarbons in Oribatida
Distinctive cuticular hydrocarbon profiles in oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) - Autorzy:
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Krisper, Günther
Fauler, Günther
Leis, Hans-Jörg
Raspoting, Günther - Współwytwórcy:
- Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk
- Data publikacji:
- 2008
- Wydawca:
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Fundacja Natura optima dux
Natura optima dux Foundation - Słowa kluczowe:
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Cuticular hydrocarbon profiles of representatives of different groups oforibatid mites (Mixonomata: Steganacarus carinatus, Collohmannia gigantea; Desmonomata: Hermannia gibba; Brachypylida: Zetorchestes falzonii) were investigated by gas chromatography – mass spectrometry. In general, cuticular extracts showed a series of straight chain alkanes being arranged in two (or three, respectively) distinctly different patterns: 1) a pattern with a gaussian quantitative distribution ofalkanes from C23 to C36 was noticed in extracts of C. gigantea and H. gibba, with C29 – C32being most abundant. 2) A pattern exhibiting a saw-tooth-like quantitative distribution ofalkanes – with only odd-numberd alkanes being abundant – appeared to be characteristicfor S. carinatus. 3) Extracts of Z. falzonii showed no hydrocarbons. The hydrocarbons are considered to origin in a lipid layer which is covering the cuticle: this layer is regardedto represent the inner – and in some cases the only – layer of the oribatid cerotegument. The differences in cuticular hydrocarbon profiles among oribatid species may representa promising point of attachment for further chemosystematic studies.
Steganacarus
Cerotegument
Collohmannia
Oribatida
hydrocarbons
Hermannia
lipid layer
Zetorchestes - Pokaż więcej
- Dostawca treści:
- RCIN - Repozytorium Cyfrowe Instytutów Naukowych
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