Cerambycid Beetle Species with Similar Pheromones are Segregated by Phenology and Minor Pheromone Components

Robert F. Mitchell; Peter F. Reagel; Joseph C.H. Wong; Linnea R. Meier; Weliton Dias Silva; Judith Mongold-Diers; Jocelyn G. Millar; Lawrence M. Hanks

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Cerambycid Beetle Species with Similar Pheromones are Segregated by Phenology and Minor Pheromone Components

Robert F. Mitchell, Peter F. Reagel, Joseph C.H. Wong, Linnea R. Meier, Weliton Dias Silva, Judith Mongold-Diers, Jocelyn G. Millar, Lawrence M. Hanks

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Recent research has shown that volatile sex and aggregation-sex pheromones of many species of cerambycid beetles are highly conserved, with sympatric and synchronic species that are closely related (i.e., congeners), and even more distantly related (different subfamilies), using the same or similar pheromones. Here, we investigated mechanisms by which cross attraction is averted among seven cerambycid species that are native to eastern North America and active as adults in spring: Anelaphus pumilus (Newman), Cyrtophorus verrucosus (Olivier), Euderces pini (Olivier), Neoclytus caprea (Say), and the congeners Phymatodes aereus (Newman), P. amoenus (Say), and P. varius (F.). Males of these species produce (R)-3-hydroxyhexan-2-one as their dominant or sole pheromone component. Our field bioassays support the hypothesis that cross attraction between species is averted or at least minimized by differences among species in seasonal phenology and circadian flight periods of adults, and/or by minor pheromone components that act as synergists for conspecifics and antagonists for heterospecifics.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	1
Pages (from-to)	431-440
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Chemical Ecology
Volume	41
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-015-0571-0
State	Published - May 22 2015

Keywords

Aggregation pheromone
Anelaphus pumilus
Cerambycidae
Cyrtophorus verrucosus
Euderces pini
Longhorned beetle
Neoclytus caprea
Phymatodes aereus
Phymatodes amoenus
Phymatodes varius
Reproductive isolation
Sex pheromone

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Biochemistry

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Cerambycid Beetle Species with Similar Pheromones are Segregated by Phenology and Minor Pheromone Components

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