A Comparative Study of the Exocrine Products of Cleptoparasitic Bees (Holcopasites) and Their Hosts (Calliopsis) (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae, Andrenidae)

Overview

Journal J Chem Ecol

Publisher Springer

Specialties Chemistry
Environmental Health

Date 2014 Jan 14

PMID 24414833

Citations 7

Authors

A Hefetz

G C Eickwort

M S Blum

J Cane

G E Bohart

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Abstract

The cephalic secretion of females of the cleptoparasitic beeHolcopasites calliopsidis contains two main volatiles, 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one and geranyl acetone. The mandibular gland secretion of its host,Calliopsis andreniformis, on the other hand, contains the two isomeric forms of citral (neral and geranial). Neral and geranial are also produced by mandibular glands of two other species ofCalliopsis and one species in the related genusNomadopsis. The Dufour's gland ofC. andreniformis contains an oily secretion composed of hydrocarbons that are deposited on the brood cell walls and pollen balls providing a waterproof lining for both.

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