Females of the bumblebee parasite, Aphomia sociella, excite males using a courtship pheromone

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 400-407

  Kindl, Jiří ^a   Jiroš, Pavel ^a   Kalinová, Blanka ^a,b   Žáček, Petr ^a,c   Valterová, Irena ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

6,10,14 Trimethyl 2 pentadecanone; 6,10,14 Trimethylpentadecan 2 ol; Courtship pheromone; Galleriinae; Lepidoptera; Pyralidae; Ultrasonic signaling

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BEE; BIOASSAY; COURTSHIP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MOTH; SEMIOCHEMICAL; SEX PHEROMONE; ULTRASONICS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BEE; COURTSHIP; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; SECRETION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEES; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

GALLERIINAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 84859740495     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-012-0100-3     Document Type: Article

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