Identification of male‐specific exocrine secretions from predatory stink bugs (Hemiptera, pentatomidae) | Zendy

Aldrich J. R. | Zendy; Oliver J. E. | Zendy; Lusby W. R. | Zendy; Kochansky J. P. | Zendy

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Identification of male‐specific exocrine secretions from predatory stink bugs (Hemiptera, pentatomidae)

Author(s) -

Aldrich J. R.,

Oliver J. E.,

Lusby W. R.,

Kochansky J. P.

Publication year - 1986

Publication title -

archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.576

H-Index - 66

eISSN - 1520-6327

pISSN - 0739-4462

DOI - 10.1002/arch.940030102

Subject(s) - pentatomidae , biology , hemiptera , heteroptera , scent gland , reduviidae , zoology , coreidae , sympatric speciation , botany , anatomy

In the nearctic predaceous stink bugs (Asopinae), Perillus bioculatus and Stiretrus anchorago , and the neotropical asopine, Oplomus severus , males possess conspicuous sternal glands that are absent in females. In each of these species, the male sternal gland secretion contains predominantly a single compound; 6,10,13‐trimethyltetradecyl isovalerate in the allopatric species, P. bioculatus and O. severus , and 6,10,13‐trimethyltetradecanol in S. anchorago , a species sympatric with P. bioculatus. The function of the sternal gland secretions from asopine hemipterans is unknown.

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