Ester and ketone components of aggregation pheromone ofDrosophila hydei (Diptera: Drosophilidae)
- 1 March 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Chemical Ecology
- Vol. 13 (3), 451-462
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01880092
Abstract
Existence of an aggregation pheromone inDrosophila hydei was demonstrated by laboratory bioassay. The pheromone was produced by mature males, but both sexes responded. The nonpolar components consisted of three esters: the methyl, ethyl, and 1-methylethyl (isopropyl) esters of 2-methyl-(E)-2 butenoic (tiglic) acid, and two ketones: 2-tridecanone and 2-pentadecanone. The ketones and esters alone were only minimally active in the laboratory bioassay, but 2-tridecanone was highly synergistic with each of the esters, mixtures attracting 3–60 times more flies than the single components. 2-Pentadecanone was less active, but it did cause significant increases in activity when added to synthetic mixtures. The nonpolar portion of an extract of mature males and an equivalent mixture of the synthetic components were not significantly different in bioassay. Neither the esters nor the ketones were detected in sexually immature males or in females of any age. In extracts of mature males, ethyl tiglate was usually the most abundant ester component, with a mean of 8 ± 5 (SD) ng/male. The absolute and relative levels of the other esters were more variable. The mean level of methyl ketones in the extracts was 122 ± 106 (SD) ng/male, of which 85–93% was 2-tridecanone.Keywords
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