Isopropyl (Z9)-hexadecenoate as a male attractant pheromone from the sternal gland of the rove beetle Aleochara curtula (coleoptera: Staphylinidae)

Chemoecology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 47-54

  Peschke, Klaus ^a   Friedrich, Peter ^a   Kaiser, Uwe ^a   Franke, Stephan ^b   Francke, Wittko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aleochara curtula; Attractant pheromone; Coleoptera; Gland morphology; Isopropyl (Z9) hexadecenoate; Isopropyl hexadecanoate; Mating system; Staphylinidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008078534     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000490050033     Document Type: Article

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