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Field catches of Oxythyrea cinctella using visual and olfactory cues
Author(s) -
VUTS JÓZSEF,
KAYDAN MEHMET BORA,
YARIMBATMAN ALPER,
TÓTH MIKLÓS
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
physiological entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1365-3032
pISSN - 0307-6962
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2011.00820.x
Subject(s) - biology , scarabaeidae , olfactory cues , population , trapping , genus , zoology , visual field , ecology , olfaction , neuroscience , demography , sociology
Diurnal flower‐visiting scarabs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae) use visual and olfactory stimuli when locating possible feeding sites. In field trapping experiments in Turkey, testing different colours and floral volatile compounds, a combination of fluorescent yellow colour and a blend of 2‐phenylethanol and (±)‐lavandulol leads to the highest number of Oxythyrea cinctella (Schaum) being caught. Trap catches of O. cinctella with respect to the individually presented visual or olfactory cues are significantly lower than to a combination of the two. The closely‐related O. funesta , a sibling species in the Oxythyrea genus, is also known to be caught by the same colour‐volatile combination. When applied together in a high capture‐capacity trap, the fluorescent yellow colour and the binary floral odour blend may provide a suitable means of monitoring population changes of O. cinctella , which indicates their potential use in agriculture.