Mating stimulant pheromone and cuticular lipid constituents of Fannia pusio (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Muscidae)
Mating stimulant pheromone and cuticular lipid constituents of Fannia pusio (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Muscidae)
Uebel, EC.; Schwarz, M.; Menzer, RE.; Miller, RW.
Journal of Chemical Ecology 41: 73-81
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0098-0331
Chromatograms of the cuticular lipids washed from newly emerged males and females of Fannia pusio (Wied.) were nearly identical. By the time the flies were 1 day old, the chromatographic profiles for the sexes were different. Mature females contained more C31 and C33 hydrocarbons than the males. The double bonds of the female monoolefins were mostly at the eleventh and thirteenth carbons, but those of the males were predominantly at the ninth carbon.