Sex Pheromone of the Click Beetle Agriotes pilosellus (SCHöNHERR, 1718).

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Author	Tolasch, Till von Fragstein, Maximilian Steidle, Johannes L. M.
Abstract	Agriotes pilosellus is a fairly common click beetle species distributed in open deciduous and mixed forests throughout a large area in Europe. To identify its sex pheromone, gland extracts of female beetles were analyzed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The only volatile compounds present in the extracts were geranyl butanoate and (E)-8-hydroxygeranyl dibutanoate in a 1:3 ratio, identified by comparison with synthetic samples. Field experiments revealed a clear attraction of A. pilosellus - males towards traps baited with geranyl butanoate, which could be synergistically enhanced by the factor of almost ten by addition of (E)-8-hydroxygeranyl dibutanoate. The latter compound alone did not show any attractive effect. Both compounds correspond well to the structures known from other Agriotes species and may serve as an effective monitoring tool for entomofaunistic research.
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ISSN	00980331
Journal	Journal of Chemical Ecology [J Chem Ecol]
Volume Number	48
DOI	10.1007/s10886-021-01346-y
PubMed Central reference number	PMC8934787
Issue Number	3
PubMed reference number	35067856
e-ISSN	15731561
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2022-01-24
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Open
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Subject Keyword	Agriotes pilosellus Coleoptera Elateridae Sex pheromone Geranyl butanoate (E)-8-Hydroxygeranyl dibutanoate Monitoring
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Medicine Biochemistry Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics