TY - JOUR
T1 - Identifying possible pheromones of cerambycid beetles by field testing known pheromone components in four widely separated regions of the United States
AU - Millar, Jocelyn G.
AU - Mitchell, Robert F.
AU - Mongold-Diers, Judith A.
AU - Zou, Yunfan
AU - Bográn, Carlos E.
AU - Fierke, Melissa K.
AU - Ginzel, Matthew D.
AU - Johnson, Crawford W.
AU - Meeker, James R.
AU - Poland, Therese M.
AU - Ragenovich, Iral
AU - Hanks, Lawrence M.
AU - Schowalter, Timothy
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank the following agencies and people for access to field sites, and for logistical and technical assistance in the field and laboratory: in New Hampshire and Vermont, the Urban Forestry Center, Portsmouth NH (Angela Hammond), Green Mountain National Forest, VT (Chris Casey) and Northeastern Area, Durham, NH (Garret D. Dubois and Kevin J. Dodds); in New York, SUNY-ESF, New York State Parks, and the New York Department of Environmental Conservation; in Michigan, the MSU Tree Research Center (Paul Bloese), and Tom Baweja, Tina Ciaramitaro, and Thomas Rachman; in Indiana, Gary Frazier, Gabriel Hughes, Nicole Jeffers, and Matthew Paschen; in Mississippi, Nathan Schiff and Matthew Paschen; in Louisiana, Billy Bruce, Chris Steiner, the Roy O. Martin Lumber Co., LLC, and the Kisatchie National Forest Cathoula Ranger Dist.; in Texas, Julia Smith; and in Oregon, Paul Deignan, Andy Eglitis, Don Goheen, Jim LaBonte, Sundi Sigrist, and Elizabeth Willhite. Thanks also to R. J. Rabaglia (USDA Forest Service, Washington, DC) for help in finding collaborations with the USDA Forest Service. This research was supported by funding from The Alphawood Foundation of Chicago (to L.M.H.), and the National Research Initiative of the USDA Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service, grant number 2009-35302-05047 (to J.G.M. and L.M.H.).
PY - 2018/2/9
Y1 - 2018/2/9
N2 - The pheromone components of many cerambycid beetles appear to be broadly shared among related species, including species native to different regions of the world. This apparent conservation of pheromone structures within the family suggests that field trials of common pheromone components could be used as a means of attracting multiple species, which then could be targeted for full identification of their pheromones. Here, we describe the results of such field trials that were conducted in nine states in the northeastern, midwestern, southern, and western United States. Traps captured 12, 742 cerambycid beetles of 153 species and subspecies. Species attracted in significant numbers to a particular treatment (some in multiple regions) included 19 species in the subfamily Cerambycinae, 15 species in the Lamiinae, one species in the Prioninae, and two species in the Spondylidinae. Pheromones or likely pheromones for many of these species, such as 3-hydroxyhexan-2-one and syn- and anti-2, 3-hexanediols for cerambycine species, and fuscumol and/or fuscumol acetate for lamiine species, had already been identified. New information about attractants (in most cases likely pheromone components) was found for five cerambycine species (Ancylocera bicolor [Olivier], Elaphidion mucronatum [Say], Knulliana cincta cincta [Drury], Phymatodes aeneus LeConte, and Rusticoclytus annosus emotus [Brown]), and five lamiine species (Ecyrus dasycerus dasycerus [Say], Lepturges symmetricus [Haldeman], Sternidius misellus [LeConte], Styloleptus biustus biustus [LeConte], and Urgleptes signatus [LeConte]). Consistent attraction of some species to the same compounds in independent bioassays demonstrated the utility and reliability of pheromone-based methods for sampling cerambycid populations across broad spatial scales.
AB - The pheromone components of many cerambycid beetles appear to be broadly shared among related species, including species native to different regions of the world. This apparent conservation of pheromone structures within the family suggests that field trials of common pheromone components could be used as a means of attracting multiple species, which then could be targeted for full identification of their pheromones. Here, we describe the results of such field trials that were conducted in nine states in the northeastern, midwestern, southern, and western United States. Traps captured 12, 742 cerambycid beetles of 153 species and subspecies. Species attracted in significant numbers to a particular treatment (some in multiple regions) included 19 species in the subfamily Cerambycinae, 15 species in the Lamiinae, one species in the Prioninae, and two species in the Spondylidinae. Pheromones or likely pheromones for many of these species, such as 3-hydroxyhexan-2-one and syn- and anti-2, 3-hexanediols for cerambycine species, and fuscumol and/or fuscumol acetate for lamiine species, had already been identified. New information about attractants (in most cases likely pheromone components) was found for five cerambycine species (Ancylocera bicolor [Olivier], Elaphidion mucronatum [Say], Knulliana cincta cincta [Drury], Phymatodes aeneus LeConte, and Rusticoclytus annosus emotus [Brown]), and five lamiine species (Ecyrus dasycerus dasycerus [Say], Lepturges symmetricus [Haldeman], Sternidius misellus [LeConte], Styloleptus biustus biustus [LeConte], and Urgleptes signatus [LeConte]). Consistent attraction of some species to the same compounds in independent bioassays demonstrated the utility and reliability of pheromone-based methods for sampling cerambycid populations across broad spatial scales.
KW - Chemical ecology
KW - Monitoring
KW - Pheromones
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U2 - 10.1093/jee/tox312
DO - 10.1093/jee/tox312
M3 - Article
C2 - 29228303
AN - SCOPUS:85045875800
VL - 111
SP - 252
EP - 259
JO - Journal of Economic Entomology
JF - Journal of Economic Entomology
SN - 0022-0493
IS - 1
ER -