ArticleJournal of chemical ecology2010
Methyl 6-methylsalicylate: a female-produced pheromone component of the parasitoid wasp Spalangia endius.
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- Harnessing semiochemicals for parasitoid-based biological control: from laboratory identification to field applications.Crop health · 2025Review
- Sex pheromone communication in an insect parasitoid,Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022Article
- Behavioural Evidence and Chemical Identification of a Female Sex Pheromone in Anagrus atomus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae).Journal of chemical ecology · 2021Article
- Sexual Size and Shape Dimorphism in Three Species of Parasitoid Wasps with Burrowing Females: Spalangia endius, Spalangia nigroaenea, and Spalangia nigra (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae).Journal of insect science (Online) · 2018Article
- High chemical diversity in a wasp pheromone: a blend of methyl 6-methylsalicylate, fatty alcohol acetates and cuticular hydrocarbons releases courtship behavior in the Drosophila parasitoid Asobara tabida.Journal of chemical ecology · 2014Article
- A female-emitted pheromone component is associated with reduced male courtship in the parasitoid wasp Spalangia endius.PloS one · 2013Article
- Host deception: predaceous fungus, Esteya vermicola, entices pine wood nematode by mimicking the scent of pine tree for nutrient.PloS one · 2013Article
- Female-released sex pheromones mediating courtship behavior in Lysiphlebus testaceipes males.Journal of insect science (Online) · 2013Article
- Does the stereochemistry of methylated cuticular hydrocarbons contribute to mate recognition in the egg parasitoid wasp Ooencyrtus kuvanae?Journal of chemical ecology · 2012Article
- In the nick of time: males of the parasitoid wasp Pimpla disparis respond to semiochemicals from emerging mates.Journal of chemical ecology · 2012Article
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Abstract
Sex-pheromone-related behavior and chemistry were studied in the wasp Spalangia endius Walker (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), a pupal parasitoid of the house fly, Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae). Males responded behaviorally to female extracts by arrestment, whereas females did not arrest to male extracts. In a comparison of male and female extracts by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), two female-specific compounds were found. One was identified as methyl 6-methylsalicylate (gas chromatographic retention time and mass spectrum versus an authentic standard), but the chemical structure of the second compound is still unknown. Male antennae were sensitive to both compounds in electrophysiological tests (GC-EAD). Males responded behaviorally to methyl 6-methylsalicylate by arrestment, but did not arrest to the second compound. Methyl 6-methylsalicylate has been reported previously from some ant and beetle species, but never from the Pteromalidae. Chemical analysis of the extracts and the male behavioral results are consistent with the hypothesis that methyl 6-methylsalicylate functions as a female-emitted pheromone component at short range, but the exact role of both compounds in intersexual interactions in S. endius remains to be determined.
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