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The effect of sex and maturation on cuticular semiochemicals in Monochamus scutellatus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2012

Bekka S. Brodie ,
Jacob D. Wickham  and
Stephen A. Teale
Bekka S. Brodie*
Affiliation:
College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York, 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, New York 13210, United States of America; and Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada
Jacob D. Wickham
Affiliation:
College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York, 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, New York 13210, United States of America; and Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongguancun, Beijing 100190, P.R. China
Stephen A. Teale
Affiliation:
College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York, 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, New York 13210, United States of America
*
1Corresponding author (e-mail: [email protected]).
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Abstract

Contact pheromones are a subset of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons secreted on the cuticle and play an important role in the mating behaviour of several cerambycid species (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). In this study, we investigated the relationship between maturation (newly eclosed and sexually mature) adult Monochamus scutellatus (Say) beetles and sex and the composition of the cuticular hydrocarbon blend to determine if this information is encoded in the blend and potentially available for communication purposes. Whole-body extracts of unfed females, and both mature females and males were analysed by gas chromatography mass spectrometry to identify and quantify the components of the cuticular hydrocarbons. There were no unique compounds present in any of the three groups, but discriminant analysis indicated that the relative proportions of the cuticular hydrocarbon components were unique for each group.

Résumé

Les phéromones de contact sont un sous-ensemble du mélange complexe d'hydrocarbures sécrétés par la cuticule; elles jouent un role important dans le comportement sexuel de plusieurs espèces de cérambycidés. Dans cette étude, nous explorons la relation entre la maturité (récemment éclos ou sexuellement matures), le sexe et la composition du mélange d'hydrocarbones cuticulaires afin de déterminer si ces informations sont contenues dans le mélange et pourraient être utilisées comme élément de communication. Des extractions du corps de femelles non nourries, et de femelles et de mâles matures ont été analysées par CPG/SM afin d'identifier et de quantifier les composants des hydrocarbones cuticulaires. Il n'y avait aucun élément unique à chacun des trois groupes, mais une analyse discriminante montre que la proportion relative des différents hydrocarbones cuticulaires était spécifique à chaque groupe.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 144 , Issue 6 , December 2012 , pp. 801 - 808
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 2012

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