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Semiochemicals of Epicauta pennsylvanica, the Black blister beetle

Phylum:  Arthropoda
Subphylum:  Uniramia
Class:  Insecta
Order:  Coleoptera
Family:  Meloidae
Subfamily:  Meloinae
Genus:  Epicauta
Tribe:  Epicautini
Author:  DeGeer
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Bedoukain RussellIPM

Semiochemical(s):

  Frenzel M  1994  J. Chem. Ecol.  20: 1795   
    cantharidin    ¦Relative ratio of the component¦   ¦(*) indicates that compound is active¦   Al
¦Category of the chemical signal
A -   Attractant
Al -   Allomone
K -   Kairomone
P -   Pheromone
Sy -   Synomone¦
  
¦Source of the chemical signal
F -   Female
H -   Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -   Lure
M -   Male
M&F -   Male and Female
S -   Solider
Q -   Queen
W -   Worker¦
  
¦Amount
pg -   Picogram
ng -   Nanogram
µg -   Microgram
mg -   Milligram
g -   Gram¦
   		Defense substance 
 
  Blodgett SL  1991  Environ. Entomol.  20: 1795   
    cantharidin    ¦Relative ratio of the component¦   ¦(*) indicates that compound is active¦   Al
¦Category of the chemical signal
A -   Attractant
Al -   Allomone
K -   Kairomone
P -   Pheromone
Sy -   Synomone¦
  
¦Source of the chemical signal
F -   Female
H -   Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -   Lure
M -   Male
M&F -   Male and Female
S -   Solider
Q -   Queen
W -   Worker¦
  
¦Amount
pg -   Picogram
ng -   Nanogram
µg -   Microgram
mg -   Milligram
g -   Gram¦
   		Defense substance 
 
  Carrel JE  1974  Science  183: 741   
    cantharidin    ¦Relative ratio of the component¦   ¦(*) indicates that compound is active¦   P
¦Category of the chemical signal
A -   Attractant
Al -   Allomone
K -   Kairomone
P -   Pheromone
Sy -   Synomone¦
  
¦Source of the chemical signal
F -   Female
H -   Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -   Lure
M -   Male
M&F -   Male and Female
S -   Solider
Q -   Queen
W -   Worker¦
  
¦Amount
pg -   Picogram
ng -   Nanogram
µg -   Microgram
mg -   Milligram
g -   Gram¦
   		Blood 
 
  Dixon AFG  1963  Can. Pharm. J.  96: 501   
    cantharidin    ¦Relative ratio of the component¦   ¦(*) indicates that compound is active¦   Al
¦Category of the chemical signal
A -   Attractant
Al -   Allomone
K -   Kairomone
P -   Pheromone
Sy -   Synomone¦
  
¦Source of the chemical signal
F -   Female
H -   Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -   Lure
M -   Male
M&F -   Male and Female
S -   Solider
Q -   Queen
W -   Worker¦
  
¦Amount
pg -   Picogram
ng -   Nanogram
µg -   Microgram
mg -   Milligram
g -   Gram¦
   		Defense substance 
 

Reference(s):

Frenzel, M., and Dettner, K. 1994. Quantification of cantharidin in canthariphilous Ceratopogonidae (Diptera), Anthomyiidae (Diptera) and cantharidin-producing Oedemeridae (Coleoptera). J. Chem. Ecol. 20:1795-1812.
 
Blodgett, S.L., Carrel, J.E., and Higgins, R.A. 1991. Cantharidin content of blister beetles (Coleoptera: Meloidae) collected from Kansas alfalfa and implications for inducing cantharidiasis. Environ. Entomol. 20:776-780.
 
Carrel, J.E., and Eisner, T. 1974. Cantharidin: potent feeding deterrent to insects. Science. 183:755-757.
 
Dixon, A.F.G., Martin-Smith, M., and Smith, S.J. 1963. Isolation of cantharidin from Meloe proscarabeus. Can. Pharm. J. 96:501-503.
 
 
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