Pheromones and Semiochemicals of Brachypelma smithi (Araneae: Theraphosidae), the Mexican redknee tarantula

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Semiochemicals of Brachypelma smithi, the Mexican redknee tarantula

Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Subfamily:	Theraphosinae
Genus:	Brachypelma
Tribe:
Author:	Pickard-Cambridge

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Semiochemical(s):

Kaiser II

1994

Toxicon

32:

1083

TxP5

�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
�g -	Microgram
mg -	Milligram
g -	Gram�

Mexico

TxP1

�Relative ratio of the component�

�(*) indicates that compound is active�

�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
�g -	Microgram
mg -	Milligram
g -	Gram�

Reference(s):

Kaiser, I.I., Griffin, P.R., Aird, S.D., Hudiburg, S., Shabanowitz, J., Francis, B., John, T.R., Hunt, D.F., and Odell, G.V. 1994. Primary structures of two proteins from the venom of the Mexican red knee tarantula (Brachypelma smithii). Toxicon. 32:1083-1093.

Citation: El-Sayed AM 2025. The Pherobase: Database of Pheromones and Semiochemicals. <http://www.pherobase.com>.
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