Comparison of volatiles emitted by male caribbean and mexican fruit flies |
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Authors: | James R Rocca James L Nation Lucjan Strekowski Merle A Battiste |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, 32611 Gainesville, Florida;(2) Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, 32611 Gainesville, Florida;(3) Present address: Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, 30303 Atlanta, Georgia |
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Abstract: | Volatiles emitted byAnastrepha suspensa andAnastrepha ludens males were trapped and compared by GC-MS. Both species emitted previously reported nine-carbon alcohols, (Z)-3-nonenol and (Z,Z)-3,6-nonadienol, and epimeric lactones, anastrephin and epianastrephin. A third isomeric lactone, the macrolide suspensolide, which was previously known only fromA. suspensa is reported here for the first time in the volatiles ofA. ludens. We also report that both species released different proportions of the same three sesquiterpene hydrocarbons:-farnesene,-bisabolene, and-trans-bergamotene. The-bisabolene was isolated in sufficient quantity fromA. suspensa volatiles to establish its absolute configuration as the (R)-(+)-enantiomer. Some plausible biosynthetic relationships of farnesol to the isoprenoid lactones and sesquiterpenes identified in this study are discussed. Finally, we report thatA. suspensa produces the monoterpene (Z)--ocimene whileA. ludens volatiles contained limonene. |
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Keywords: | Diptera Tephritidae Caribbean fruit fly Anastrepha suspensa Mexican fruit fly Anastrepha ludens male volatiles GC-MS suspensolide farnesene bisabolene bergamotene ocimene limonene |
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