Evidence of a Female Sex Recognition Pheromone in the Screwworm Fly 1
- 1 June 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Environmental Entomology
- Vol. 10 (3) , 406-408
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/10.3.406
Abstract
Adult females of the screwworm fly, Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel), were found to produce a chemical(s) that males could detect on contact. This chemical(s) functions as a sex identifier and copulatory stimulant for males; it may also affect other aspects of the mating ritual. The chemical(s) is probably part of the nonpolar, cuticular lipids. It is unlikely that this chemical(s) is related to a previously reported male-produced pheromone.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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