First Sex Pheromone of the Order Strepsiptera: (3R,5R,9R)-3,5,9-Trimethyldodecanal in Stylops melittae Kirby, 1802

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1493-1503

  Tolasch, Till ^a   Kehl, Siegfried ^b   Dötterl, Stefan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

3,5,9 Trimethyldodecanal; Andrena; Endoparasitoid; GC EAD; GC MS; Strepsiptera; Stylopidae; Stylops; Taxonomy; Twisted wing parasite

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CHEMICAL CUE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; INSECT; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SEX PHEROMONE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; TAXONOMY;

ANDRENIDAE; APOIDEA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; STREPSIPTERA; STYLOPIDAE; STYLOPS; STYLOPS MELITTAE;

EID: 84871716729     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-012-0215-6     Document Type: Article

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