Open AccessChemo-anemotaxis: a behavioral response to sex pheromone in nonflying insects.
Author(s) -
Michael Κ. Rust,
William J. Bell
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
proceedings of the national academy of sciences of the united states of america
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.011
H-Index - 771
eISSN - 1091-6490
pISSN - 0027-8424
DOI - 10.1073/pnas.73.7.2524
Subject(s) - periplaneta , pheromone , sex pheromone , cockroach , blattidae , american cockroach , mechanism (biology) , biology , dictyoptera , orientation (vector space) , zoology , ecology , physics , geometry , mathematics , quantum mechanics
The cockroach, Periplaneta americana, running on a Y-ring globe, moves downwind if an air current is directed toward the head. However, if the air current carries sex pheromone, then upwind movement is elicited. This orientation behavior is apparently a mechanism to facilitate the orientation of males searching for pheromone-secreting females.