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Title:		Defensive and pheromonal secretion of the tergal gland ofAleochara curtula II. Release and inhibition of male copulatory behavior
Author(s):		Peschke K;
Address:		"Zoologisches Institut III der Universitat Wurzburg, Rontgenring 10, D-8700, Wurzburg, West Germany"
Journal Title:		J Chem Ecol
Year:		1983
Volume:		9
Issue:		1
Page Number:		13 - 31
DOI:		10.1007/BF00987767
ISSN/ISBN:		0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking)
Abstract:		"At high concentrations, the defensive tergal gland secretion (TGS)(3) of the staphylinid beetle,Aleochara curtula, inhibits the male copulatory response (grasping with parameres). Inhibitory chemicals, for which a function as alarm substances is assumed, aren-undecane, 1-undecene,n-dodecanal, toluquinone, and 2-methoxy-3-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone. When emitted in small amounts, however, the TGS releases the male grasping response. The main components with aphrodisiac effect are (Z)-4-tridecene,n-dodecanal, and (Z)-5-tetradecenal. These supplementary mating stimulants, which are not sex specific, work synergistically with the aphrodisiac female sex pheromone from the epicuticular lipids and are discussed as alerting pheromones of short-term effect. Antennal movements of resting males as an indication of the recognition of a female and the approach to the mate are released at somewhat longer distances, when the TGS is additionally present"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEPeschke, K eng 1983/01/01 J Chem Ecol. 1983 Jan; 9(1):13-31. doi: 10.1007/BF00987767"