Title: Electroantennograms of Male and Female Caribbean Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) Elicited by Chemicals Produced by Males1
Abstract: Male-produced chemicals were tested on antennae of the Caribbean fruit fly, Anastrepha suspensa (Loew), using the electroantennogram technique. (S,S)-(−)-epianastrephin elicited responses 2- to 3-fold greater than any of the other chemicals. (S,S)-(−)-anastrephin elicited greater responses than either (R,R)-(+)-anastrephin or (R,R)-(+)-epianastrephin when tested alone, but responses to these three chemicals were nearly equivalent when tested in combinations with each other and other chemicals. (Z,Z)-3,6-nonadienol elicited greater responses than (Z)-3-nonenol in combinations with anastrephin and epianastrephin. Male antennae responded more strongly to (S,S)-(−)-epianastrephin than female antennae; otherwise, male and female antennae responded equivalently to six chemicals and combinations of the six chemicals. Combinations of the chemicals produced responses that were equal generally to the sum of the responses to the individual chemicals.
Publication Year: 1987
Publication Date: 1987-07-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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