%0 Journal Article
%T Chemical defense in the cave-dwelling millipede Brachydesmus troglobius Daday, 1889 (Diplopoda, Polydesmidae)
%A Makarov Slobodan E.
%A Vujisi£¿ Ljubodrag V.
%A £¿ur£¿i£¿ Bo£¿idar P. M.
%A Ili£¿ Bojan S.
%J International Journal of Speleology
%D 2012
%I Societš€ Speleologica Italiana
%X The troglomorphic millipede Brachydesmus troglobius Daday, 1889 (Polydesmida: Polydesmidae) secretes allomones from glands on both lateral surfaces of its body segments. The secretion was identified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis with electron and chemical ionization, and was shown to be composed of a mixture of benzaldehyde, benzyl alcohol, benzoylnitrile, benzoic acid and mandelonitrile benzoate. Hydrogen cyanide was qualitatively identified by the picric acid test. This is the first identification of these compounds in a cave-dwelling polydesmid.
%K Diplopoda
%K Brachydesmus
%K troglobitic
%K chemical defense
%K HCN
%U http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1056&context=ijs