Title:

Distinctive cuticular hydrocarbon profiles in oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida)

Subtitle:

Annales Zoologici, vol. 58, no 2 ; Cuticular hydrocarbons in Oribatida

Creator:

Raspoting, Günther ; Krisper, Günther ; Fauler, Günther ; Leis, Hans-Jörg

Contributor:

Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Publisher:

Fundacja Natura optima dux

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2008

Description:

Bibliogr. s. 450-452 ; S. 445-452 : il. ; 27 cm ; Nazwy taksonów w jęz. łac.

Type of object:

Czasopismo/Artykuł

Subject and Keywords:

Cerotegument ; Collohmannia ; Hermannia ; hydrocarbons ; lipid layer ; Oribatida ; Steganacarus ; Zetorchestes ; Cuticular hydrocarbon profiles of representatives of different groups oforibatid mites (Mixonomata: Steganacarus carinatus, Collohmannia gigantea; Desmonomata: Hermannia gibba; Brachypylida: Zetorchestes falzonii) were investigated by gas chromatography – mass spectrometry. In general, cuticular extracts showed a series of straight chain alkanes being arranged in two (or three, respectively) distinctly different patterns: 1) a pattern with a gaussian quantitative distribution ofalkanes from C23 to C36 was noticed in extracts of C. gigantea and H. gibba, with C29 – C32being most abundant. 2) A pattern exhibiting a saw-tooth-like quantitative distribution ofalkanes – with only odd-numberd alkanes being abundant – appeared to be characteristicfor S. carinatus. 3) Extracts of Z. falzonii showed no hydrocarbons. The hydrocarbons are considered to origin in a lipid layer which is covering the cuticle: this layer is regardedto represent the inner – and in some cases the only – layer of the oribatid cerotegument. The differences in cuticular hydrocarbon profiles among oribatid species may representa promising point of attachment for further chemosystematic studies.

Relation:

Annales Zoologici

Volume:

58

Issue:

2

Start page:

445

End page:

452

Resource type:

Tekst

Detailed Resource Type:

Artykuł naukowy oryginalny

Format:

application/pdf

Source:

MiIZ PAN, patrz sygn. czas. P.225, vol 58, no 2 ; MiIZ PAN, patrz sygn. czas. P.4314, vol 58, no 2 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Language of abstract:

eng

Rights:

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Terms of use:

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Digitizing institution:

Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Original in:

Biblioteka Muzeum i Instytutu Zoologii PAN

Projects co-financed by:

Program Operacyjny Innowacyjna Gospodarka, lata 2010-2014, Priorytet 2. Infrastruktura strefy B + R ; Unia Europejska. Europejski Fundusz Rozwoju Regionalnego

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