Comparison of Oligosaccharide Compositions in Male Nuptial Secretions of Three Cockroach Species of the Genus Blattella |
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Authors: | Soichi Kugimiya Ritsuo Nishida Yasumasa Kuwahara |
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Affiliation: | (1) Laboratory of Chemical Ecology, Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan |
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Abstract: | Male cockroaches of the genus Blattella secrete courtshippheromones from abdominal tergal glands. Conspecific females mount courting males and feed on their tergal exudates. In the German cockroach, B. germanica, a complex mixture of oligosaccharides was previously identified as the major phagostimulants in the male tergal secretion. We compared the oligosaccharide compositions of three Blattella species from different habitats, B. germanica (house), B. lituricollis (field), and B.
nipponica (forest), by gas chromatographic (GC) analysis of their trifluoroacetylated derivatives. The three possessed a series of maltooligosaccharides and oligoglucosyl trehaloses with 14 and 11 linkages in common. However, B. germanica was conspicuous for its accumulation of a oligoglucosyl trehalose with a 16 linkage O--D-glucopyranosyl-(16)--D-glucopyranosyl -D-glucopyranoside] as the most prominent component of the secretion. Such diversification of the male pheromonal compositions within the genus might be reflected by biosynthetic systems in males and chemosensory properties in females suited for their natural habitat. |
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Keywords: | German cockroach Blattella germanica Blattella lituricollis Blattella nipponica tergal gland male courtship pheromone phagostimulant oligosaccharides |
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