Department of Chemistry, Cornell University, 14853, Ithaca, New York.
J Chem Ecol. 1992 Mar;18(3):489-98. doi: 10.1007/BF00994247.
The defensive spray of a single female of the rare carabid beetle,Helluomorphoides clairvillei (subfamily Carabinae, supertribe Lebiitae, tribe Helluonini). was found to contain a mixture of compounds, including carboxylic acids (formic, acetic), aliphatic esters (principally nonyl acetate), and hydrocarbons (principally decane). In a single series of discharges, the beetle ejected a total of about 1% of its body weight as formic acid (1.1 mg). Our findings demonstrate that characterization of secretory components from even minimal samples of secretion should be possible in many cases.
一种罕见的步甲（鞘翅目：步甲科，细足甲亚科，猎步甲族）——Helluomorphoides clairvillei （译注：中文名暂未译）的单一雌性个体的防御喷雾中发现了一种化合物混合物，包括羧酸（甲酸、乙酸）、脂族酯（主要是乙酸壬酯）和烃（主要是癸烷）。在一系列单一的喷射中，甲虫总共喷出了约其体重 1%的甲酸（1.1 毫克）。我们的发现表明，在许多情况下，即使是分泌的最小样本，也应该有可能对分泌的成分进行特征描述。
