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  3. Identification of presumed pheromone blend from australasian predaceous bug,Oechalia schellenbergii (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)

Identification of presumed pheromone blend from australasian predaceous bug,Oechalia schellenbergii (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)

  • J Chem Ecol. 1996 Apr;22(4):729-38. doi: 10.1007/BF02033582.
J R Aldrich 1,  J E Oliver,  G K Waite,  C Moore,  R M Waters
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  • 1 Insect Chemical Ecology Laboratory, USDA-ARS Bldg. 007, Agricultural Research Center-West, 20705, Beltsville, Maryland.
PMID: 24227581 DOI: 10.1007/BF02033582
Abstract

Oechalia schellenbergii is one of the most common predatory insects in Australia and the islands of the South Pacific. Adult males of this predaceous "true bug" collected during March near Gatton, Queensland, Australia, had a pair of enlarged exocrine glands opening underneath their wings that presumably produce an attractant pheromone. The two major components of the secretion are 3-methylenehexyl acetate and 9-hydroxygeranyl diacetate [2,6-dimethyl-2(E),6(E)-octadien-1,8-diol diacetate].

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