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INTEGUMENTARY glands which produce odoriferous substances are of widespread occurrence in the Heteroptera. The glands are not confined to terrestrial forms but are found also in many aquatic species, Paired dorso-abdominal glands are present in the nymphs, but at the time of the adult moult these are replaced by glands in the metathorax which open to the exterior on the ventral surface.
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PINDER, A., STADDON, B. Trans-4-oxohex-2-enal in the Odoriferous Secretion of Sigarafalleni (Fieb.) (Hemiptera-Heteroptera). Nature 205, 106–107 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/205106b0
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