| Title: | Candidate sex pheromones of the New World screwworm Cochliomyia hominivorax |
| Author(s): | Carlson DA; Berkebile DR; Skoda SR; Mori K; Mihok S; |
| Address: | "U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Center for Agricultural, Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Gainesville, Florida 32608, USA. dacarls@gmail.com" |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2006.00655.x |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0269-283X (Print) 0269-283X (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Five novel homologous acetate derivatives of long-chain secondary alcohols and a related ketone were tested for their efficacy as contact mating stimulants for Cochliomyia hominivorax Coquerel (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Full copulatory behaviour at a high percentage was found in tests with racemic 6-acetoxy-19-methylnonacosane at 2.5-20 microg using fertile males from three strains. Males of two strains responded nearly as well to 7-acetoxy-15-methylnonacosane, but an older strain first colonized in 1992 did not respond to this compound. Few or no copulatory responses were obtained to the other secondary alcohol acetates and a related ketone. These two acetate derivatives are the first sex pheromones identified in a calliphorid fly. The threshold of response was also tested, but could not be pinpointed" |
| Keywords: | "Acetates/*pharmacology Animals Diptera/*physiology Female Ketones/*pharmacology Male Sex Attractants/isolation & purification/*pharmacology Sexual Behavior, Animal/*drug effects;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineCarlson, D A Berkebile, D R Skoda, S R Mori, K Mihok, S eng Comparative Study England 2007/03/22 Med Vet Entomol. 2007 Mar; 21(1):93-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2006.00655.x" |
