Glomerin and homoglomerin from the North American pill millipede Onomeris sinuata (Loomis, 1943) (Diplopoda, Pentazonia, Glomeridae)

By

Shear, William A.
Jones, Tappey H
Wesener, Thomas

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2011

Original Publication

International Journal of Myriapodology

Volume

4

Pages

1-10

Subjects

Alabama , Glomeris marginata , Onomeris sinuata , quinazolinone alkaloids , USA

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Leiden Brill [2008]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/ijm.4.1105

 

Abstract

Specimens of the North American glomerid millipede Onomeris sinuata (Loomis, 1943) were collected at the type locality in Alabama, USA, and maintained briefly in the laboratory in native leaf litter. The millipedes could not be induced to produce defensive secretions by rough handling, tapping, squeezing or leg-pinching. Four specimens were extracted in methanol and the extract analyzed using gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy. The analysis revealed the alkaloids glomerin and homoglomerin, previously reported as components in the defensive secretion of the European glomerid Glomeris marginata (Villers, 1789). This report is only the second for the occurrence of quinazolinone alkaloids in animals.