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June 1, 1971Australian Journal of EntomologyOpen Access

Benzaldehyde in the Defensive Secretion of a Tiger Beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

B. P. Moore W. Vance Brown

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Abstract

Benzaldehyde has been identified as the volatile component of the defensive secretion of Megacephala australis Chaudoir.

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