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J Chem Ecol

Title:		"Identification of the sex pheromone of the guernsey carpet beetle,Anthrenus sarnicus Mroczkowski (Coleoptera: Dermestidae)"
Author(s):		Finnegan DE; Chambers J;
Address:		"Fisheries and Food Central Science Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture, London Road, SL3 7HJ, Slough, Berks, UK"
Journal Title:		J Chem Ecol
Year:		1993
Volume:		19
Issue:		5
Page Number:		971 - 983
DOI:		10.1007/BF00992532
ISSN/ISBN:		0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking)
Abstract:		"It has been confirmed that adult virgin females ofAnthrenus sarnicus Mroczkowski exhibit a characteristic headstand posture that is associated with the release of a sex pheromone. Volatiles trapped on filter papers suspended above calling females were attractive to adult virgin males when tested in a two-choice target bioassay. Separate aeration extracts of males and females were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and showed that decanol and decyln-butyrate were released by females only. These components were present in approximately equal amounts and accounted for about 90% of the total area of the chromatogram. Decyl butyrate produced an electroantennogram response with a larger response from males than females. Behaviorally, a mixture of 10mug of decanol and 10mug of decyl butyrate attracted 88% of males and 10mug of decyl butyrate alone attracted 82% of males in the bioassay. The role of decyl butyrate as a sex pheromone is convincing, but this is not the case for decanol"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEFinnegan, D E Chambers, J eng 1993/05/01 J Chem Ecol. 1993 May; 19(5):971-83. doi: 10.1007/BF00992532"