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Mate location in many mirid bugs (Heteroptera: Miridae) is mediated by female-released sex pheromones. To elucidate the potential role of the pheromones in prezygotic reproductive isolation between sympatric species, we investigated differences in the pheromone systems of five mirid species,  Apolygus lucorum ,  Apolygus spinolae ,  Orthops campestris ,  Stenotus rubrovittatus  and  Taylorilygus apicalis . GC/MS analyses of metathoracic scent gland extracts of virgin females showed that all five species produced mixtures of hexyl butyrate, ( E )-2-hexenyl butyrate and ( E )-4-oxo-2-hexenal, but in quite different ratios. ( E )-2-hexenyl butyrate was the major component of  A .  spinolae , while hexyl butyrate was the most abundant component in the pheromone blends of the other four species. In addition to the three compounds, a fourth component, ( E )-2-octenyl butyrate, was present in the gland extracts of  A .  lucorum  and  T .  apicalis  females. Field tests suggest that the ternary blends of hexyl butyrate, ( E )-2-hexenyl butyrate and ( E )-4-oxo-2-hexenal as found in the extracts of the females of each species do not inhibit attraction of conspecific males but ensure species-specificity of attraction between  A .  lucorum ,  O .  campestris  and  T .  apicalis . Furthermore, ( E )-2-octenyl butyrate was essential for attraction of  A .  lucorum  and  T .  apicalis  males, but strongly inhibited attraction of male  A .  spinolae ,  O .  campestris  and  S .  rubrovittatus . The combined results from this study and previous studies suggest that the minor component and pheromone dose in addition to the relative ratio of the major components play an important role in reproductive isolation between mirid species.

Sex Pheromones and Reproductive Isolation in Five Mirid Species