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Environ Entomol

Title:		Fuscumol and Geranylacetone as Pheromone Components of Californian Longhorn Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in the Subfamily Spondylidinae
Author(s):		Halloran ST; Collignon RM; McElfresh JS; Millar JG;
Address:		"Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA"
Journal Title:		Environ Entomol
Year:		2018
Volume:		47
Issue:		5
Page Number:		1300 - 1305
DOI:		10.1093/ee/nvy101
ISSN/ISBN:		1938-2936 (Electronic) 0046-225X (Linking)
Abstract:		"In field trials testing attraction of cerambycid beetles to a blend of known pheromone components plus host plant volatiles, several species in the subfamily Spondylidinae were attracted to baited traps, suggesting that one or more components of the blend might constitute their pheromones. Here, we describe laboratory and field experiments aimed at identifying the actual pheromone components produced by these species. Analysis of headspace odors collected from male Tetropium abietis (Fall) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) contained (S)-fuscumol as a single component, whereas Asemum nitidum (LeConte) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) males produced both (S)-fuscumol and geranylacetone, and Asemum caseyi (Linsley) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) produced only geranylacetone. In field trials testing fuscumol, fuscumol acetate, and geranylacetone as individual components or in blends, in combination with host plant volatiles, A. nitidum were attracted to blends of fuscumol and geranylacetone, T. abietis were attracted to fuscumol alone, and A. caseyi were attracted to geranylacetone alone. Fuscumol acetate did not appear to be either attractive or inhibitory. These results, along with previous catches of spondylidine species in traps baited with fuscumol, provide evidence that fuscumol and geranylacetone are likely to be relatively common pheromone structures for species in the subfamily Spondylidinae"
Keywords:		Animals *Coleoptera Female Male *Pheromones *Terpenes;
Notes:		"MedlineHalloran, Sean T Collignon, R Maxwell McElfresh, J Steven Millar, Jocelyn G eng Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. England 2018/07/10 Environ Entomol. 2018 Oct 3; 47(5):1300-1305. doi: 10.1093/ee/nvy101"