Identification of thoracic gland constituents from maleXylocopa spp. latreille (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae) from arizona |
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Authors: | John F. Andersen Stephen L. Buchmann David Weisleder Ronald D. Plattner Robert L. Minckley |
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Affiliation: | (1) USDA-ARS Northern Regional Research Center Peoria, 61604 Illinois;(2) USDA-ARS Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, 2000 East Alien Rd., 85719 Tucson, Arizona;(3) Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, 85721 Tucson, Arizona;(4) Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, 85721 Tucson, Arizona;(5) Present address: USDA-ARS Stored Products Research Unit, Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin, 53706 Madison, Wisconsin |
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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 961 ratio. The secretion ofX. micheneri contains isopropyl oleate, (Z)-11-eicosen-1-ol, oleyl alcohol, and methyl palmitate at approximately 6324111. 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.Mention of a proprietary product does not constitute an endorsement or a recommendation for its use by USDA. |
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Keywords: | Thoracic glands secretion Xylocopa varipuncta Xylocopa micheneri Hymenoptera Anthophoridae terpenoid fatty acid ester fatty alcohol |
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