Mating Sequence and Evidence for the Existence of a Female Contact Sex Pheromone in Brontispa longissima (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
ISSN | 00213551 |
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書誌レコードID(総合目録DB) | AA0068709X |
To clarify the presence of a pheromone in Brontispa longissima (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), we observed its mating behavior and conducted a series of bioassays. When male and female B. longissima came in contact, the male was observed to hold and mount the female, extend its penis toward her abdominal tip, and copulate. The male was observed to hold the female only after he had touched her with his antennae and/or forelegs. Males showed similar mating attempts toward females killed by freezing. On the other hand, no males showed mating attempts toward females washed with hexane, but they did toward females washed with hexane and re-treated with hexane extract of the female body or female elytra. Furthermore, males showed similar mating attempts toward a glass dummy treated with a solvent extract of female elytra. These results indicate the presence of a female sex pheromone that is perceptible by direct contact and plays an important role in mating in B. longissima. When the crude extract of female elytra was subjected to silica gel chromatography, only the fraction eluted with hexane elicited mating behavior in males. Furthermore, when the active fraction was chromatographed on AgNO3-impregnated silica gel, only the fraction eluted with hexane elicited mating behavior in males. The contact sex pheromone of B. longissima is therefore believed to consist of one or more less-polar compounds, probably saturated hydrocarbons.
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作成者 | KAWAZU Kei ICHIKI Ryoko T. DANG Dung T. NAKAMURA Satoshi |
著者キーワード |
coconut hydrocarbon mating behavior |
公開者 | Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences |
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国立情報学研究所メタデータ主題語彙集(資源タイプ) | Journal Article |
巻 | 45 |
号 | 1 |
開始ページ | 99 |
終了ページ | 106 |
DOI | 10.6090/jarq.45.99 |
権利 | Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences |
言語 | eng |