House Fly 1 Sex Pheromone: Enhancement of Mating Strike Activity by Combination of ( Z )-9-tricosene with Branched Saturated Hydrocarbons 2
- 1 October 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Environmental Entomology
- Vol. 5 (5) , 905-908
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/5.5.905
Abstract
The pheromone of the female house fly, Musca dornestica L., that causes male flies to initiate copulation appears to be a mixture of unsaturated and saturated hydrocarbons. The most active unsaturated hydrocarbon among the (Z)-9-alkenes present on the female was (Z)-9-tricosene (muscalure). Methyl- and dimethyl-branched C27 and C29 alkanes were responsible for the activity in the saturated hydrocarbons. When synthetic branched alkanes were combined with (Z)-9-tricosene, 13-methylnonacosane, and 4,8-dimethylheptacosane produced the greatest amount of mating strike response.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Investigations of an olfactory attractant specific for males of the housefly, Musca domesticaJournal of Insect Physiology, 1966
- A sex pheromone in the housefly, Musca domestica L.Journal of Insect Physiology, 1964