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J Chem Ecol

Title:		"Sex attraction in paper wasp,Polistes exclamans viereck (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), in a wind tunnel"
Author(s):		Reed HC; Landolt PJ;
Address:		"U.S. Department of Agriculture, Insect Attractants, Behavior, and Basic Biology Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, 32604, Gainesville, Florida"
Journal Title:		J Chem Ecol
Year:		1990
Volume:		16
Issue:		4
Page Number:		1277 - 1287
DOI:		10.1007/BF01021026
ISSN/ISBN:		0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking)
Abstract:		"A wind-tunnel bioassay was developed to test for the presence of sex attractants in the paper wasp,Polistes exclamans Viereck (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Males exhibited significant upwind flight and attraction (chemoanemotaxis) in response to airflow passed over unmated females, and to hexane extracts of whole bodies and thoraces of unmated females. Unmated females were attracted to hexane extracts of males and to hexane extracts of each body tagma of males, suggesting distribution of the pheromone over the cuticle by grooming. The ectal mandibular and seventh sternal glands are the likely sources of the male-produced sex attractant(s) since extracts of each elicited female attraction in the flight tunnel. These glands are associated with gastral and mandibular rubbing of perch sites by territorial males ofPolistes species"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEReed, H C Landolt, P J eng 1990/04/01 J Chem Ecol. 1990 Apr; 16(4):1277-87. doi: 10.1007/BF01021026"