| Title: | "Sex Pheromone of the Click Beetle Agriotes pilosellus (SCHoNHERR, 1718)" |
| Author(s): | Tolasch T; von Fragstein M; Steidle JLM; |
| Address: | "Institut fur Biologie, Universitat Hohenheim, Chemische Okologie 190t, Garbenstrasse 30, 70593, Stuttgart, Germany. tolasch@uni-hohenheim.de. Institut fur Biologie, Universitat Hohenheim, Chemische Okologie 190t, Garbenstrasse 30, 70593, Stuttgart, Germany" |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10886-021-01346-y |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1573-1561 (Electronic) 0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Agriotes pilosellus is a fairly common click beetle species distributed in open deciduous and mixed forests throughout a large area in Europe. To identify its sex pheromone, gland extracts of female beetles were analyzed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The only volatile compounds present in the extracts were geranyl butanoate and (E)-8-hydroxygeranyl dibutanoate in a 1:3 ratio, identified by comparison with synthetic samples. Field experiments revealed a clear attraction of A. pilosellus - males towards traps baited with geranyl butanoate, which could be synergistically enhanced by the factor of almost ten by addition of (E)-8-hydroxygeranyl dibutanoate. The latter compound alone did not show any attractive effect. Both compounds correspond well to the structures known from other Agriotes species and may serve as an effective monitoring tool for entomofaunistic research" |
| Keywords: | Animals *Coleoptera/chemistry Europe Female Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Male *Sex Attractants/chemistry/pharmacology (E)-8-Hydroxygeranyl dibutanoate Agriotes pilosellus Coleoptera Elateridae Geranyl butanoate Monitoring Sex pheromone; |
| Notes: | "MedlineTolasch, Till von Fragstein, Maximilian Steidle, Johannes L M eng 2022/01/25 J Chem Ecol. 2022 Mar; 48(3):283-288. doi: 10.1007/s10886-021-01346-y. Epub 2022 Jan 24" |
