Document Type
Peer-Review Article
Abstract
We report an alarm pheromone in the gregarious poduromorph collembolan, Hypogastrura pannosa. Cuticular rupture results in emission of a rapidly vaporizing hexane-soluble material with an active space diameter of ca. 1 cm. Conspecifics encountering the vapor front respond with stereotypic aversion and dispersal behaviors. This is the first report on the presence of an alarm pheromone in the order Collembola.
Recommended Citation
Purrington, Foster Forbes; Kendall, Patricia A.; Bater, John E.; and Stinner, Benjamin R.
1991.
"Alarm Pheromone in a Gregarious Poduromorph Collembolan (Collembola: Hypogastruridae),"
The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 24
(2)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22543/0090-0222.1732
Available at:
https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol24/iss2/3