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Geranyl acetate and 2-decen-1-ol in the cephalic secretion of the solitary waspSceliphron caementarium (Sphecidae; Hymenoptera)

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The cephalic secretion ofSceliphron caementarium contains a mixture of geranyl acetate and 2-decen-1-ol; the latter has not been described previously in arthropod secretions. The secretion is orally emitted when the wasps are handled, and may serve in defense or alternatively as an aid in roosting aggregation.

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  1. A. Hefetz

    Present address: Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel

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  1. Laboratory of Chemistry, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute of Health, 20014, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

    A. Hefetz & Suzanne W. T. Batra

  2. Beneficial Insect Introduction Laboratory, IIBIIII, US Department of Agriculture, 20705, Beltsville, Maryland, USA

    A. Hefetz & Suzanne W. T. Batra

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Acknowledgment. We thank A. S. Menke and D. Vincent, Insect Identification and Beneficial Insect Introduction Institute, SEA, USDA, for taxonomic identification. We also thank Bedoukian Research, Inc., for kindly sending us samples of 2-decen-1-ol and decenyl acetate.

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Hefetz, A., Batra, S.W.T. Geranyl acetate and 2-decen-1-ol in the cephalic secretion of the solitary waspSceliphron caementarium (Sphecidae; Hymenoptera). Experientia 35, 1138–1139 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01963245

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