Whip Scorpions and their Ways

Photoreactions of Partially Blinded Whip-tail Scorpions

The experiments dealt with in this paper were devised to ascertain (1) the relative effectiveness as photoreceptors of the whip-tail scorpion's median eyes, lateral eye groups, and cutaneous sensitive areas, and (2) the effect on orientation produced by symmetrical and by asymmetrical interference with the photoreceptive mechanism. Each of the receptors was eliminated unilaterally and bilateral...

The Scorpions Lose Their Sting

23 While it would appear that the decision to incorporate or subsume the Directorate of Special Operations (or Scorpions), into the South African Police Service (SAPS) is a fait accompli, the process of incorporation will not be straightforward. This is largely because the decision to disband the Scorpions is politically motivated, rather than motivated by practical concerns around the function...

New products of defense secretion in south east Asian whip scorpions (Arachnida: Uropygi: Thelyphonida).

Secretion products from the opisthosomal defense gland of south east Asian whip scorpions were identified for the first time by gas-chromatography and mass-spectrometry. Specimens of the genera Hypoctonus, Typopeltis and Ginosigma were tested. While some ingredients are present in large concentrations, others are possibly only side products and may be synthesized more incidentally. For this rea...

Acetic acid esters, N-hexanol, N-octanol, and capronic acid as ingredients in the defense secretion product of whip scorpions

I prodotti di secrezione delle ghiandole di difesa di due specie di Uropigi sono studiati per mezzo deIIa gas-cromatografia e della spettrometria di massa. OItre ad acido acetico, iI prodotto di secrezione di ThelypJzol1us lillgall11S dell a Malesia, contiene n-esiI-estere deII'acido acetico, n-octanolo e n-octyI-estere delI'acido acetico. Nel prodotto di secrezione di una specie della tailandi...

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