Hagen's gland morphology and chemical content analysis for three species of parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

H J Williams; M Wong; R A Wharton; S B Vinson

doi:10.1007/BF01014640

Hagen's gland morphology and chemical content analysis for three species of parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

J Chem Ecol. 1988 Sep;14(9):1727-36. doi: 10.1007/BF01014640.

Authors

H J Williams¹, M Wong, R A Wharton, S B Vinson

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, 77843, College Station, Texas.

PMID: 24276530
DOI: 10.1007/BF01014640

Abstract

The morphology and chemical content analysis of Hagen's glands of the braconid waspsBiosteres longicaudatus, B. tryoni, andB. arisanus were shown to be useful taxonomic markers.B. longicaudatus glands contain two components tentatively identified as (3aα,5β,6aα)-5-butyltetrahydro-furo[3,2-b]furan-2(3H)-one and a corresponding 5-hexyl derivative, whileB. tryoni glands contained dodecan-4-olide andB. arisanus glands contained ethyl octanoate, ethylZ-4-octenoate, and octan-4-olide.