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Collection of host-marking pheromone from Rhagoletis mendax (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2016

Nicoletta Faraone ,
N. Kirk Hillier  and
G. Christopher Cutler
Nicoletta Faraone
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Sciences, Dalhousie University, Truro, Nova Scotia, B2N 5E3, Canada Department of Biology, Lund University, Solvegatan 37, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden
N. Kirk Hillier
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, B4P 2R6, Canada
G. Christopher Cutler*
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Sciences, Dalhousie University, Truro, Nova Scotia, B2N 5E3, Canada
*
1Corresponding author: (e-mail: [email protected]).
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Abstract

Blueberry fruit fly, Rhagoletis mendax Curran (Diptera: Tephritidae), females deposit a host-marking pheromone (HMP) on the surface of fruit immediately after oviposition that deters oviposition by female conspecifics. We collected this HMP from artificial oviposition devices and faeces. In subsequent two-choice bioassays, gravid females showed a strong preference for untreated oviposition devices as compared to those treated with extracts from either of these two sources. The methods described for collecting HMP of R. mendax will be useful for its eventual identification and synthesis, with potential applications in R. mendax management.

Type
Behaviour & Ecology – NOTE
Information
The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 148 , Issue 5 , October 2016 , pp. 552 - 555
Copyright
© Entomological Society of Canada 2016 

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Subject editor: Chris Bergh

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