FATTY ACIDS IN SOME INSECT AND SPIDER FATS
- 1 October 1964
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Biochemistry
- Vol. 42 (10), 1365-1374
- https://doi.org/10.1139/o64-148
Abstract
Chromatographic analysis of the fats of 30 species of Insecta and 2 species of Arachnida showed specific differences, and also two characteristics apparently related to existing taxa: a high concentration of myristic acid in fats of Aphidoidea, and a high concentration of palmitoleic acid in Diptera. A possible relationship between the high palmitoleic acid content of the fat of Agria affinis (Fallén) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) and its lack of requirement for polyunsaturated fatty acids is suggested.Keywords
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