Anatomical study of the red flour beetle using synchrotron radiation X‐ray phase‐contrast micro‐tomography

ML Vommaro, S Donato, LK Lo… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Synchrotron X‐ray phase‐contrast microtomography (SR‐PhC micro‐CT) is well
established, fast and non‐destructive imaging technique for data acquisition that is currently …

The morphology of the pygidial glands and the chemical composition of their secretions of four sphodrine ground beetle species (Carabidae: Platyninae)

S Vranić, L Vujisić, N Vesović, M Todosijević… - Journal of insect …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ground beetles possess a pair of pygidial glands that produce and release secretions that
play an important role in defense against predators. The morphology of these glands and …

Morphology of the pygidial glands and chemical composition of their secretions in two species of tiger beetles (Carabidae: Cicindelinae)

S Vranić, N Vesović, L Antonijević, A Vlajić… - Zoology, 2024 - Elsevier
Pygidial glands are a common feature of all adephagans and their products play an
important role in defense against predators. The morphology of the pygidial glands and the …

Pygidial glands of the blue ground beetle Carabus intricatus: chemical composition of the secretion and its antimicrobial activity

N Vesović, M Nenadić, M Soković, A Ćirić, L Vujisić… - The Science of …, 2022 - Springer
Pygidial gland secretions are used as repellent defensive allomones in ground beetles. We
provide the first precise data on the chemical composition and antimicrobial potency of the …

Secretions of pygidial defensive glands in three species of the genus Bembidion (Carabidae), and morphology of pygidial glands in B.(Peryphanes) dalmatinum

S Vranić, L Vujisić, N Vesović, M Jeremić… - Annales Zoologici …, 2022 - BioOne
We studied the defensive pygidial gland secretions in the adults of three ground beetle
species of the genus Bembidion. We detected 46 chemical compounds, of which we …