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ArticlesBonacci, T., P Brandmayr, et al. (2011). “Volatile Compounds Released by disturbed abd undisturbed adults of Anchomenus dorsalis (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Platynini) and Structure of the Pygidial Gland.” ZooKeys 81: 13-25. Dettner, K. (1993). "Defensive Secretions and Exocrine Glands in Free-Living Staphylinid Beetles - Their Bearing on Phylogeny (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)." Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 21(1): 143-162. Eisner, T., D Aneshansley, et al. (2000). “Spray Mechanism of the Most Primitive Bombardier Beetle (Metrius contractus).” The Journal of Experimental Biology 203: 1265–1275. Eisner, T., D. Aneshansley, et al. (2006). "Effect of bombardier beetle spray on a wolf spider: repellency and leg autotomy." Chemoecology 16(4): 185-189. Giglio, A., P. Brandmayr, et al. (2011). “Current Knowledge on Exocrine Glands in Carabid Beetles: Structure, Function, and Chemical Compounds.” ZooKeys 100: 193-201. Lang, C., K. Seifert, et al. (2012). "Skimming behaviour and spreading potential of Stenus species and Dianous coerulescens (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)." Die Naturwissenschaften 99(11): 937-947. Pasteels, J. M., S. Duffey, et al. (1990). "Toxins in Chrysomelid Beetles - Possible Evolutionary Sequence from Denovo Synthesis to Derivation from Food-Plant Chemicals." Journal of Chemical Ecology 16(1): 211-222. Poinar, G. O., Jr., C. J. Marshall, et al. (2007). "One hundred million years of chemical warfare by insects." Journal of Chemical Ecology 33(9): 1663-1669. Richards, D.P., A. Barlow, et al. (2012). “Venom lethality and diet: Differential responses of natural prey and model organisms to the venom of the saw-scaled vipers (Echis).” Toxicon 59(1): 110-116. Saska, P. and A. Honek (2004). “Development of the beetle parasitoids, Brachinus explodens and B. crepitans (Coleoptera: Carabidae).” Journal of Zoology 262(1): 29-36. Pictures and Videoshttp://qph.cf.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-16cbdff787797066a5d777df8c60274b http://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S1055790302002518-gr7.gif http://www.springerlink.com/content/m621957137442046/fulltext.pdf http://www.springerlink.com/content/t1131u3027387527/fulltext.pdf http://www.animalcorner.co.uk/insects/beetles/graphics/beetlelifecycle.jpg http://www.pnas.org/content/96/17/9705/F1.expansion.html http://bioteaching.wordpress.com/2010/10/31/beetles-chemical-defence/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi4OdrITkqY
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