NOTES ON THE BIOLOGY OF<i>PRIONUS LATICOLLIS</i>(COLEOPTERA: CERAMBYCIDAE)

Benham, Gerald S.; Farrar, R.

doi:10.4039/ent108569-6

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“…A volatile sex pheromone was extracted from the ovipositor, supporting the conclusion that the function of the calling behaviour is to release pheromone (Cervantes et al 2006;Rodstein et al 2009). Similar behaviour in association with releasing volatile sex pheromones was also found in females of other prionines (Benham and Farrar 1976;Gwynne and Hostetler 1978;Paschen et al 2012).…”

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Female calling behaviour in the Asian longhorned beetle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

Hansen

Teale

2019

Can Entomol

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Female Asian longhorned beetles, Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), were observed rhythmically extruding their genitalia, resembling the calling behaviour observed in other species of Cerambycidae. We demonstrate that only female A. glabripennis adults perform this behaviour, which lasts up to nearly six minutes and typically includes two types: (1) extrusion of only the tip of genitalia and (2) genitalia fully extruded and deflexed. The frequency and duration of this behaviour are affected by temperature and posteclosion feeding experience, but do not vary with the female age. Anoplophora glabripennis adult males were observed flexing their abdomen downward while extruding their genitalia but only when exposed to the odour of live females with host twigs. In Y-tube olfactometer assays, the volatiles from live females or female genital extracts both attracted more males than the volatiles from live males, male genital extracts, or solvent controls, all in the presence of host-plant volatiles. These findings indicate that A. glabripennis females may produce volatile sexual attractants in association with genital extrusion.

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Section: Introductionsupporting

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Female calling behaviour in the Asian longhorned beetle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

Hansen

Teale

2019

Can Entomol

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“…As stated above, in the species studied thus far, the identified secretory sources of sex pheromones in the subfamily Cerambycinae (tribes Clytini and Callidiini) are the gland pores on the pronotum. Apart from this subfamily, Prionus californicus (Prioninae: Prionini) females often display lifting of the abdomen and expose a membranous cylindrical sac from the ovipositor, which is assumed to be pheromonal calling behavior [ 35 , 39 ]. Tetropium fuscum (Spondylidinae: Asemini) males also perform a calling behavior by raising their abdomen by 10°, suggesting that the abdominal tip is the pheromonal source [ 40 ].…”

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Mating Behavior of Rosalia batesi (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Is Mediated by Male-Produced Sex Pheromones

Kiriyama

Iwata

Fukaya

et al. 2018

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Rosalia batesi Harold (Cerambycidae) is a hardwood boring species endemic to Japan. We investigated the adult mating behavior of this species in the field and laboratory. Most males appeared on mating sites before noon, significantly earlier than females did, in field observations. The female approached and contacted the male; the male responded and started the successive mating sequence, comprising mounting, copulation, and appeasement behavior. Before the encounter, the male raised its fore and mid legs and bent the abdominal tip ventrally. Next, a peculiarly structured bifurcate tip was exposed with opening and closing motion, which can be observed in the entire family Cerambycidae and is thought to be associated with the emission of volatile male sex pheromones. Male and female orientation toward conspecifics was examined using T-shaped olfactometers in four combinations (male–male, female–male, female–female, male–female). Males exclusively attracted females, indicating the existence of male-produced sex pheromones. A laboratory bioassay with three temperature regimes revealed the temperature dependence of this calling behavior. The calling behavior occurred only when the air temperature and male body surface temperature, which are associated with light intensity, were within the range of 26–33 °C and 26–28 °C, respectively.

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“…However, there is considerable circumstantial evidence that female-produced sex attractant pheromones are widespread within the Prioninae (e.g., Rotrou 1936;Edwards 1961;Benham and Farrar 1976;Gwynne and Hostetler 1978), so we anticipate that pheromones of other species, particularly congeners of P. californicus, will soon be reported, now that the basic methods and a "lead" compound have been characterized. It should also be noted that the pheromone of P. californicus is entirely different in structure from the male-produced pheromones of species in other subfamilies of the Cerambycidae (e.g., Hanks et al 2007;Ray et al 2009), and femaleproduced pheromones of two species that are apparently closely related to the Cerambycidae: Migdolus fryanus Westwood and Vesperus xatarti Dufour (Leal et al 1994;Boyer et al 1997; taxonomy according to Napp 1994;Bense 1995;Dong and Yang 2003).…”

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Identification and Synthesis of a Female-Produced Sex Pheromone for the Cerambycid Beetle Prionus Californicus

et al. 2009

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Females of the large cerambycid beetle Prionus californicus produce a powerful sex pheromone that attracts males. The pheromone was adsorbed on solid phase microextraction (SPME) fibers inserted into the ovipositor sheath and analyzed by coupled gas chromatographyelectroantennogram detection and GC-mass spectrometry. The pheromone was identified as an isomer of 3,5-dimethyldodecanoic acid by a combination of retention index comparisons and mass spectral interpretation. The mass spectrum was misleading because it exhibited enlarged fragment ions that were not representative of branch points or other obvious stabilizing structural elements. The structure was verified by synthesis of 3,5-dimethyldodecanoic acid as a mixture of all four possible isomers, and this mixture was highly attractive to male beetles in field bioassays. The SPME extracts also contained several other compounds that were tentatively identified as chain-extended homologs of the main pheromone component. This pheromone should prove useful for sampling and management of the beetle, which is an important pest of hops, and an occasional pest in a variety of orchard crops. Although this is the first female-produced pheromone to be identified from the Cerambycidae, there is considerable evidence for pheromone production by females of other species in the subfamily Prioninae. Thus, this pheromone and the associated methodology used in its identification should be useful in the identification of female-produced attractant pheromones from other members of the subfamily.

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NOTES ON THE BIOLOGY OFPRIONUS LATICOLLIS(COLEOPTERA: CERAMBYCIDAE)

Cited by 18 publications

References 15 publications

Female calling behaviour in the Asian longhorned beetle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

Female calling behaviour in the Asian longhorned beetle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

Mating Behavior of Rosalia batesi (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Is Mediated by Male-Produced Sex Pheromones

Identification and Synthesis of a Female-Produced Sex Pheromone for the Cerambycid Beetle Prionus Californicus

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