Premating Behavior of Bombus Confusus Males and Analysis of Their Labial Gland Secretion |
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| Authors: | Old?ich Hovorka Klára Urbanová Irena Valterová |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Flemingovo nám stí 2, 166 10 Praha 6, The Czech Republic |
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| Abstract: | Premating behavior in the bumblebee Bombus confusus was studied. Visual searching for females is not the only premating strategy of this species, as was believed earlier. Males of B. confusus have a normally developed labial gland and its secretion is used to mark a perch from which they visually search for females. The labial gland secretion contains geranylcitronellol and (Z)-9-octadecenyl acetate as the main components. |
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| Keywords: | Hymenoptera Apidae Bombus confusus bumblebees perching behavior marking pheromone geranylcitronellol (Z)-9-octadecenyl acetate |
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