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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.