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Inside Back Cover: The Spider Orchid Caladenia crebra Produces Sulfurous Pheromone Mimics to Attract its Male Wasp Pollinator (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 29/2017)
Author(s) -
Bohman Björn,
Phillips Ryan D.,
Flematti Gavin R.,
Barrow Russell A.,
Peakall Rod
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201705177
Subject(s) - pollinator , sex pheromone , spider , pheromone , cover (algebra) , biology , orchidaceae , pollination , botany , ecology , pollen , engineering , mechanical engineering
A set of (methylthio)phenols from the spider orchid Caladenia crebra were identified as pollinator attractants, as well as sex pheromones of the pollinator wasp Campylothynnus flavopictus . As described by B. Bohman and co‐workers in their Communication on page 8455 ff., three of these compounds were previously unknown in nature and were characterized by detailed mass spectrometric analyses and syntheses. Their activity was confirmed in comprehensive field bioassay experiments.