Cĵnsoli Fernando L, Williams Howard J, Vinson S Bradleigh, Matthews Robert W, Cooperband Miriam F
Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA.
J Chem Ecol. 2002 Aug;28(8):1675-89. doi: 10.1023/a:1019940932605.
The first male-produced sex attractant pheromone in the parasitic Hymenoptera has been identified. The elaborate courtship behavior of Melittobia digitata, an idiobiont that parasitizes the last larval instar or the pupal stage of solitary bees and wasps, involves a series of coordinated movements of legs, wings, and antennae, initiated after the female is attracted to the blind, flightless male. We identified alpha- and beta-trans-bergamotene as the active compounds of the male M. digitata sex attractant. Variation in the release of the sex pheromone by males and the pheromone load during aging is also described.
寄生膜翅目昆虫中首个由雄性产生的性吸引信息素已被鉴定出来。指突梅里托比虫是一种寄生性天敌昆虫，寄生于独居蜜蜂和黄蜂的末龄幼虫或蛹期，其复杂的求偶行为包括一系列腿部、翅膀和触角的协调动作，这些动作在雌性被失明、不会飞的雄性吸引后开始。我们鉴定出α-和β-反式香柠檬烯是指突梅里托比虫雄性性吸引剂的活性成分。文中还描述了雄性释放性信息素的差异以及衰老过程中性信息素的含量变化。
