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J Chem Ecol

Title:		Identification of thoracic gland constituents from maleXylocopa spp. latreille (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae) from arizona
Author(s):		Andersen JF; Buchmann SL; Weisleder D; Plattner RD; Minckley RL;
Address:		"USDA-ARS Northern Regional Research Center Peoria, 61604, Illinois"
Journal Title:		J Chem Ecol
Year:		1988
Volume:		14
Issue:		4
Page Number:		1153 - 1162
DOI:		10.1007/BF01019343
ISSN/ISBN:		0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Some male carpenter bees (Xylocopa spp.) possess massive propodeal exocrine glands that produce copious quantities of multicomponent blends of lipoidal material. Some of these compounds are volatile, producing a 'flowery' aroma that can be easily detected several meters downwind from a territorial male. Chemical characterization of these secretions showed them to be blends of terpenoid compounds or fatty acid derivatives. InX. varipuncta, the mixture is composed of alltrans-geranylgeraniol, alltrans-farnesal, and an isomer of 3,7, 11-trimethyl-2,7,10-dodecatrienal in an approximate 9ratio6ratio1 ratio. The secretion ofX. micheneri contains isopropyl oleate, (Z)-11-eicosen-1-ol, oleyl alcohol, and methyl palmitate at approximately 63ratio24ratio11ratio1. We hypothesize that these compounds act as pheromones that aid in attracting and holding conspecific females to symbolic nonresource encounter sites where mating occurs. They also appear to have utility as chemotaxonomic markers at the subgeneric level"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEAndersen, J F Buchmann, S L Weisleder, D Plattner, R D Minckley, R L eng 1988/04/01 J Chem Ecol. 1988 Apr; 14(4):1153-62. doi: 10.1007/BF01019343"