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Semiochemicals of Atrax robustus, the Sydney funnel-web spider

Phylum:  Arthropoda
Subphylum:  Chelicerata
Class:  Arachnida
Order:  Araneae
Family:  Atracidae
Subfamily:  Atracinae
Genus:  Atrax
Tribe:  
Author:  Pickard-Cambridge
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Bedoukain RussellIPM

Semiochemical(s):

  Temple MD  1999  Toxicon  37: 485   
    RBX    ¦Relative ratio of the component¦   ¦(*) indicates that compound is active¦   P
¦Category of the chemical signal
A -   Attractant
Al -   Allomone
K -   Kairomone
P -   Pheromone
Sy -   Synomone¦
 
¦Source of the chemical signal
F -   Female
H -   Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -   Lure
M -   Male
M&F -   Male and Female
S -   Solider
Q -   Queen
W -   Worker¦
 
¦Amount
pg -   Picogram
ng -   Nanogram
µg -   Microgram
mg -   Milligram
g -   Gram¦
 
Australia 
 
  Gilbo CM  1964  Aust. J. BioI. Sci.  17: 758   
    4-aminobutanoic acid    ¦Relative ratio of the component¦   ¦(*) indicates that compound is active¦   P
¦Category of the chemical signal
A -   Attractant
Al -   Allomone
K -   Kairomone
P -   Pheromone
Sy -   Synomone¦
 
¦Source of the chemical signal
F -   Female
H -   Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -   Lure
M -   Male
M&F -   Male and Female
S -   Solider
Q -   Queen
W -   Worker¦
 
¦Amount
pg -   Picogram
ng -   Nanogram
µg -   Microgram
mg -   Milligram
g -   Gram¦
 
Australia 
 

Reference(s):

Temple, M.D., Hinds, M.G., Sheumack, D.D., Howden, M.E., and Norton, R.S. 1999. 1H NMR study of robustoxin, the lethal neurotoxin from the funnel web spider Atrax robustus. Toxicon. 37:485-506.
 
Gilbo, C.M., and Coles, N.W. 1964. An investigation of certain components of the venom of the female Sydney funnel-web spider, Atrax robustus Cambro. Aust. J. BioI. Sci. 17:758-763.
 
 
Citation: El-Sayed AM 2025. The Pherobase: Database of Pheromones and Semiochemicals. <http://www.pherobase.com>.
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