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J Chem Ecol

Title:		"Cuticular hydrocarbons regulate mate recognition, male aggression, and female choice of the rove beetle,Aleochara curtula"
Author(s):		Peschke K;
Address:		"Zoologisches Institut III der Universitat Wurzburg, Rontgenring 10, D-8700, Wurzburg, FRG"
Journal Title:		J Chem Ecol
Year:		1987
Volume:		13
Issue:		10
Page Number:		1993 - 2008
DOI:		10.1007/BF01041727
ISSN/ISBN:		0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Immature, starved, or multiply mated males of the staphylinid beetle,Aleochara curtula, mimic their females chemically. The titer of the female sex pheromone components (Z)-7-heneicosene and (Z)-7-tricosene was quantified for various physiological types and both sexes by gas chromatography and correlated with the sexual response of males towards the cuticular hydrocarbon fractions. Modulation of intermale aggression by production of the female pheromone was shown by (1) reduction of the alkene titer of females kept at elevated temperatures, (2) treating live males with the synthetic female pheromone mixture, and (3) gradual amputation of male antennal segments.A. curtula males do not fight against members of otherAleochara species with a different hydrocarbon pattern. Contamination ofA. peschkei males with the hydrocarbon fraction ofA. curtula males, however, provoked the release of aggression. Choosy females reject mating attempts of males bearing the female sex pheromone"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEPeschke, K eng 1987/10/01 J Chem Ecol. 1987 Oct; 13(10):1993-2008. doi: 10.1007/BF01041727"