Herzner, Gudrun and Schmitt, Thomas and Peschke, Klaus and Hilpert, Andrea and Strohm, Erhard (2007) Food wrapping with the postpharyngeal gland secretion by females of the European beewolf Philanthus triangulum. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY, 33 (4). pp. 849-859. ISSN 0098-0331,
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Ground-nesting animals share their habitat with countless microorganisms that can play important roles as pathogens or competitors for food resources. Thus, species that store food in the soil, either for themselves or for their progeny, must protect these resources against microbial degradation. Females of the European beewolf, Philanthus triangulum, hunt honeybees as provisions for their brood and store the paralyzed prey in their subterranean nests. A previous study had shown that females lick the surface of prey before oviposition and that this licking treatment delays mold growth. Here, we showed that females apply large amounts of a secretion from their postpharyngeal glands onto the surface of their prey during the licking behavior. Inhibition-zone assays showed that comparatively large amounts of the gland secretion had no direct antimycotic effect. We discuss our findings with regard to other possible mechanisms of the postpharyngeal gland secretion against fungal growth.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BEES HYMENOPTERA; CUTICULAR LIPIDS; FUNGI; ATTACHMENT; CUTICLE; PREY; WASP; Philanthus triangulum; Hymenoptera; Crabronidae; honeybee; Apis mellifera; postpharyngeal gland; prey preservation; (Z)-9-pentacosene |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 590 Zoological sciences |
| Divisions: | Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Zoologie > Evolutionary Ecology (Prof. Dr. Erhard Strohm) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Dec 2020 10:49 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Dec 2020 10:49 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/32960 |
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