title: Mandibular glands of maleCentris adani, (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae) : Their morphology, chemical constituents, and function in scent marking and territorial behavior.
abstract: Males of the solitary Central American beeCentris adani Cockerell possess enlarged mandibular glands filled with a fragrant fluid that was shown by gas chromatographic and mass spectral analysis to consist of nerol, geraniol, neral, ethyl laurate, and geranyl acetate. Male bees set up territories by marking a semicircular array of grass stems with these compounds. Grass stems marked by the bees showed the presence of the same chemicals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, Texas A & M University, 77843, College Station, Texas.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Vinson
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Frankie
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Wheeler
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Blum
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Coville