Alarm pheromone system of leaf-footed bugLeptoglossus zonatus (Heteroptera: Coreidae)
- 1 May 1994
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Journal of Chemical Ecology
- Vol. 20 (5), 1209-1216
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02059755
Abstract
The alarm pheromone system ofLeptoglossus zonatus (Dallas) adults was shown to be composed of hexyl acetate, hexanol, hexanal, and hexanoic acid. Single components tested in the field elicited dispersive behavior of over 70% of adults. 2-(E)-Hexenal, found in the secretion of nymphs, but not in the exudates of adults, was also active against adults. In addition, first-instar nymphs responded to the four components of the alarm pheromone of adults as well as to 2-(E)-hexenal, a component of their own alarm pheromone system. Adults and nymphs possess different alarm pheromone systems, which are not specific to their own life stage. That hemipteran alarm pheromone systems are not species-specific was supported by the fact that both adult and nymphL. zonatus responded to butanoic acid, an alarm pheromone of Alydidae, which was not found in this Coreidae species.Keywords
This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
- Response of single antennal neurons of female cabbage loopers to behaviorally active attractantsThe Science of Nature, 1993
- (E)-2-Hexenyl Hexanoate, the Alarm Pheromone of the Bean BugRiptortus clavatus(Heteroptera: Alydidae)Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, 1992
- Alarm pheromone of pentatomid bug,Erthesina fullo Thunberg (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)Journal of Chemical Ecology, 1989
- Chemical Ecology of the HeteropteraAnnual Review of Entomology, 1988
- Pheromone strains of the Cosmopolitan pest, Nezara viridula (heteroptera: Pentatomidae)Journal of Experimental Zoology, 1987
- Defensive Secretion of the Southern Green Stink Bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) as an Alarm PheromoneAnnals of the Entomological Society of America, 1987
- Alarm Pheromones and Sociality in Pre-Social InsectsPublished by Springer Science and Business Media LLC ,1984
- Food Plants of the Coreoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera)Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 1983
- Natural Products of Abdominal and Metathoracic Scent Glands of Coreoid Bugs1, 2Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 1975
- Structure of sensilla, olfactory perception, and behaviour of the bedbug, Cimex lectularius, in response to its alarm pheromoneJournal of Insect Physiology, 1974