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Title:		Differences in Male Mate Recognition between the Invasive Anoplophora glabripennis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) and Japanese Native A. malasiaca
Author(s):		Yasui H; Uechi N; Fujiwara-Tsujii N;
Address:		"Institute for Plant Protection, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba 305-8666, Ibaraki, Japan"
Journal Title:		Insects
Year:		2023
Volume:		20230209
Issue:		2
Page Number:		-
DOI:		10.3390/insects14020171
ISSN/ISBN:		2075-4450 (Print) 2075-4450 (Electronic) 2075-4450 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The Asian longicorn beetle Anoplophora glabripennis is a recently arrived invasive species to Japan. The Japanese native A. malasiaca shows an extensive overlap with A. glabripennis with host plants, niches, and emergence season. Hybridization between these two species is suspected in Japan. The surface of the female is covered with contact sex pheromones that elicit male mating behavior within species. We evaluated the contact pheromonal activity of crude extract and fractions of female A. glabripennis coated on a black glass model and revealed a hydrocarbon fraction and a blend of fractions to show activity but relatively weak, suggesting the presence of other unknown active compounds. Few male A. glabripennis showed mating behavior when they were exposed to a crude extract of female A. malasiaca. However, a considerable number of A. malasiaca males mounted and showed abdominal bending behavior when presented with glass models that were coated with each extract of female A. glabripennis and A. malasiaca. Gomadalactones are essential contact pheromone components that elicit mating behavior in male A. malasiaca; however, we could not detect them in female A. glabripennis extract. Here, we investigated the possible reasons for this phenomenon and the difference in male mate recognition systems between these two species"
Keywords:		contact sex pheromones invasive species mating behavior native species sympatric species;
Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEYasui, Hiroe Uechi, Nami Fujiwara-Tsujii, Nao eng JP17K07686/Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)/ JPJ007097/Project of the NARO Bio-oriented Technology Research Advancement Institution/ Switzerland 2023/02/26 Insects. 2023 Feb 9; 14(2):171. doi: 10.3390/insects14020171"