Pheromone study on acarid mites II Presence of the alarm pheromone in the mold mite, Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank) (Acarina : Acaridae) and the site of its production

Kuwahara, Yasumasa; Fukami, Hiroshi; Ishii, Shinji; Matsumoto, Katsuhiko; Wada, Yoshitake

doi:10.7601/mez.30.309

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“…Alarm pheromone determination -Behavioral testing followed procedures modified from Blum (1985), Kuwahara et aL (1975Kuwahara et aL ( , 1979, Sonenshine (1985), Glass et al (2001) andYoder et al (2001) using a 100 x 15mm petri dish fitted with a 9cm i.d. filter paper disk which served as the bioassay arena.…”

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“…In most cases, the information is largely inferential, based on using defense designation interchangeably, structural congruency of active ingredients, and similarity in reacting glands with alarm pheromones (Kuwahara et al, 1975(Kuwahara et al, , 1979Norton, 2001, 2003;Nishimura et al, 2002;Yoder et al, 2001;Yoder and Sammataro, 2003). Supplemental is the observation that these compounds prompt dispersal responses by mites in the same family (Sonenshine, 1985).…”

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Structure and function of the urnulae inBalaustiumsp. (Parasitengona: erythraeidae) featuring secretion of a defensive allomone and alarm pheromone

Yoder

Benoit

Rellinger

et al. 2006

International Journal of Acarology

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2006) Structure and function of the urnulae in Balaustium sp. (Parasitengona: erythraeidae) featuring secretion of a defensive allomone and alarm pheromoneABSTRACT -In studying predator-avoidance tactics of adult Balaustium sp. mites, a characteristic red fluid was observed leaking from a single pair of tubercles (umulae) that project from the dorsal idiosoma, just behind the eyes. Until now, the urnulae had no known function, but served a useful taxonomic purpose. When threatened, mites were observed actively secreting umulae-derived fluid that was spread over their body surface by means of numerous setae. Subsequent application of the fluid to mealworm beetle larvae (Tenebrio molitor) resulted in sudden diminished ant attacks, suggesting that this secretion serves a defensive role as an allomone. True to semiochemical parsimony, this secretion also prompted an excited dispersal response among conspecific mites, indicating that it also functions as an alarm pheromone, perhaps as an injury cue. More pronounced predator defense and alarm activities are displayed by mite body fluids, indicating that the activity of the emission from the umulae parallels that ofhemolymph. Based on positive staining with ammoniacal silver nitrate, their capacity to secrete, and additional morphological and histological investigations carried out, the role of the urnulae is clearly glandular. Of interest is that the defensive mechanism appears to operate by a novel form of reflex bleeding reminiscent of aposematic beetles.

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Structure and function of the urnulae inBalaustiumsp. (Parasitengona: erythraeidae) featuring secretion of a defensive allomone and alarm pheromone

Yoder

Benoit

Rellinger

et al. 2006

International Journal of Acarology

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“…Genuinely altruistic signaling can presumably evolve where the benefits Alarm signals may be as simple as a single molecule (e.g. citral in mites, Kuwahara et al, 1979), but can also be complicated chemical mixtures, whose activity is determined by their specific composition, the quantitative proportion of the different compounds, and the stereoisomerism of the dominating substances (Wadhams, 1990).…”

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Alarm Pheromones—Chemical Signaling in Response to Danger

Verheggen¹,

Haubruge²,

Mescher³

2010

Vitamins &Amp; Hormones

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In this chapter we discuss our current understanding of chemical alarm signaling in a variety of animal groups (including social and pre-social insects, marine invertebrates, fish, and mammals) and in plants. We also briefly discuss the exploitation of alarm pheromones as foraging cues for natural enemies. We conclude with a brief discussion of the potential exploitation of alarm signaling to achieve the applied goal of managing pest species.

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“…Active components of these pheromones are secreted from a pair of opisthonotal glands present in each species (Kuwahara et al, 1979 and1980;Mizoguchi et al, 2003). Chemical structures of the pheromones so far known are classified into three groups; 1) monoterpenes, 2) aromatics and 3) hydrocarbons (Kuwahara, 1999).…”

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Chemical Ecology of Astigmatid Mites LXXIII. Neral as an Alarm Pheromone of the Acarid Mite, Oulenzia sp. (Astigmata: Winterschmidtiidae)

伸泰¹,

浩二²,

直樹³

et al. 2004

J. Acarol. Soc. Jpn.

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Hexane extracts derived from an unidentified Oulenzia sp. showed the alarm pheromone activity. The extract was composed of the following 10 compounds; tridecane, neral, pentadecane, dodecane, 3-hydroxybenzene-1,2-dicarbaldehyde, geranial, (Z)-7-pentadecene and 7-hydroxyphthalide in decreasing order together with two unknown compounds. After fractionation with a silica gel column, the active fraction consisted of a mixture of neral and geranial. Neral was found to show the activity, but geranial was not. Neral was, therefore, identified as the alarm pheromone of this species.

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Pheromone study on acarid mites II Presence of the alarm pheromone in the mold mite, Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank) (Acarina : Acaridae) and the site of its production

Abstract: Pheromone study on acarid mites II Presence of the alarm pheromone in the mold mite,

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Structure and function of the urnulae inBalaustiumsp. (Parasitengona: erythraeidae) featuring secretion of a defensive allomone and alarm pheromone

Structure and function of the urnulae inBalaustiumsp. (Parasitengona: erythraeidae) featuring secretion of a defensive allomone and alarm pheromone

Alarm Pheromones—Chemical Signaling in Response to Danger

Chemical Ecology of Astigmatid Mites LXXIII. Neral as an Alarm Pheromone of the Acarid Mite, Oulenzia sp. (Astigmata: Winterschmidtiidae)

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