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ArticleScientific reports2024

Novel pheromone-mediated reproductive behaviour in the stag beetle, Lucanus cervus.

Deborah J Harvey, József Vuts, Antony Hooper, John C Caulfield, Paul Finch, Christine M Woodcock, Alan C Gange, Jason W Chapman, Michael A Birkett, John A Pickett

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10 authors.

Deborah J HarveyDepartment of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, TW20 0EX, UK. d.harvey@rhul.ac.uk.
József VutsProtecting Crops and the Environment, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ, UK.
Antony HooperProtecting Crops and the Environment, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ, UK.
John C CaulfieldProtecting Crops and the Environment, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ, UK.
Paul FinchDepartment of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, TW20 0EX, UK.
Christine M WoodcockProtecting Crops and the Environment, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ, UK.
Alan C GangeDepartment of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, TW20 0EX, UK.
Jason W ChapmanCentre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, UK.
Michael A BirkettProtecting Crops and the Environment, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ, UK.
John A PickettSchool of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, UK. PickettJ4@cardiff.ac.uk.

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/X010953/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The iconic European stag beetle (Lucanus cervus) (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) is one of the largest terrestrial beetles in Europe. Due to decreasing population numbers, thought to be a consequence of habitat loss, this beetle has become a near-threatened species across much of Europe, and a reliable monitoring system is required to measure its future population trends. As part of a programme aimed at conserving UK populations, we have investigated the chemical ecology of the beetle, with a view to developing an efficient semiochemical-based monitoring system. Such a scheme will be beneficial not only in the UK but across the European range of the species, where the beetle is of conservation concern. Here, we report on a surprising discovery of a male-produced pheromone, which provokes initial sexual receptivity in females, and which has not been previously identified in the animal kingdom. Furthermore, we assign sex pheromone function to a previously described female-specific compound.

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ColeopteraSex AttractantsAnimalsEcosystemEndangered SpeciesFemaleMalePheromonesPheromonesSex Attractants

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PMCPMC10933271

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