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ArticleJournal of chemical ecology2020

Attraction of Chrysotropia ciliata (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae) Males to P-Anisaldehyde, a Compound with Presumed Pheromone Function.

Gunda Thöming, Sándor Koczor, Ferenc Szentkirályi, Hans R Norli, Marco Tasin, Geir K Knudsen

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Article in Journal of chemical ecology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Gunda ThömingNorwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Division of Biotechnology and Plant Health, Box 115, NO-1431, Ås, PO, Norway. gunda.thoeming@nibio.no.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4559-7619
Sándor KoczorPlant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Budapest, Hungary.
Ferenc SzentkirályiPlant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Budapest, Hungary.
Hans R NorliNorwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Division of Biotechnology and Plant Health, Box 115, NO-1431, Ås, PO, Norway.
Marco TasinDepartment of Plant Protection Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden.
Geir K KnudsenNorwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Division of Biotechnology and Plant Health, Box 115, NO-1431, Ås, PO, Norway.
Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research · NOCentre for Agricultural Research · HUSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences · SE

Funding

NKFIH PD115938Research Council of Norway 244526Swedish Farmer's Foundation for Agricultural Research R-18-25-016
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In a field-trapping experiment with plant volatiles, we observed notably high attraction of green lacewing (Chrysotropia ciliata) males to the compound p-anisaldehyde. Based on this finding, we initiated the present study to elucidate this phenomenon and to investigate the chemical ecology of C. ciliata. Scanning electron microscopy revealed elliptical glands abundantly distributed on the 2nd to 6th abdominal sternites of C. ciliata males, whereas females of the species completely lacked such glands. No p-anisaldehyde was found in extractions of body parts of C. ciliata. Methyl p-anisate and p-methoxybenzoic acid were identified exclusively in the extract from abdominal segments 2-8 of males. Field-trapping experiments revealed no attraction of C. ciliata to either methyl p-anisate or p-methoxybenzoic acid. In contrast, males showed marked attraction to p-anisaldehyde in the field and antennae showed strong responses to this compound. Headspace collections in the field from living insects in their natural environment and during their main daily activity period indicated that p-anisaldehyde was emitted exclusively by C. ciliata males. Our overall results suggest that p-anisaldehyde might serve as a male-produced pheromone that attracts conspecific C. ciliata males. Here, we discuss hypotheses regarding possible mechanisms involved in regulation of p-anisaldehyde production, including involvement of the compounds methyl p-anisate and p-methoxybenzoic acid, and the potential ecological function of p-anisaldehyde in C. ciliata.

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ChemotaxisAnimalsBenzaldehydesInsectaMalePheromones4-anisaldehydeBenzaldehydesinsect attractantsPheromonesField trappingGreen lacewingMale-produced pheromoneMethyl p-anisateP-methoxybenzoic acid

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PMID32588285
PMCPMC7371651
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