Identification of a Male-Produced Aggregation Sex Pheromone in Rosalia batesi, an Endemic Japanese Longhorn Beetle.

ABSTRACT: The longhorned beetle Rosalia batesi Harold (Coleoptera; Cerambycidae) is endemic to Japan, where its range extends from Hokkaido to Kyushu. The colorful adults are well-known to entomologists and collectors worldwide. It is a hardwood-boring species with larvae that develop in dead broad-leaf trees. In laboratory bioassays, females were attracted to males, which suggested that males produce a sex pheromone. The congeneric species R. alpina is native to Europe, and another congener, R. funebris, is distributed in North America. The pheromone components produced by males of these species had been previously identified as two compounds from different biosynthetic pathways. In the present study, volatiles were collected from beetles of both sexes, and the analyses of the

SUBMITTER: Fukaya M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10671707 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature