Pokorny, Tamara and Bogenberger, Katharina and Ruther, Joachim (2022) Cumulative effects of sex pheromone components in mate recognition of Muscidifurax raptorellus. ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA, 170 (4). pp. 319-326. ISSN 0013-8703, 1570-7458
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In insects, chemical information is often crucial for mate recognition. The chemical signal may be perceived already from a distance or only at close range, depending on the volatility of the sex pheromone compounds. In many species, close-range mate recognition is mediated by compounds of low volatility that originate from the insects' cuticular lipid layer. The most prominent constituents are usually non-polar hydrocarbons, but other, more polar compounds can be present as well. Upon detection, these lipids can elicit courtship behaviour. We studied mate recognition in the parasitoid wasp Muscidifurax raptorellus Kogan & Legner (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). In this species, courtship behaviour starts with bouts of wing fanning (high frequency wing beats while standing or walking). Once the male has mounted the female, he shows stereotypical antennal movements (antennal courtship) that lead to female receptivity signalling and copulation. We investigated the role of chemical compounds for mate recognition by evaluating the reaction of male M. raptorellus towards live conspecifics and dummies treated with whole-body extracts or with extract fractions (non-polar, intermediately polar, and polar compounds) in bioassays. Our results indicate that despite the sex specificity of cuticular hydrocarbon profiles, these compounds alone are not sufficient for mate recognition. Rather, we found that cuticular lipids of all three fractions seem to constitute the mate recognition signal, with a ternary mixture eliciting wing fanning significantly more often than single fractions. Overall, our results suggest that the three lipid fractions contribute cumulatively to the mate recognition signal.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | CUTICULAR HYDROCARBONS; COURTSHIP BEHAVIOR; PTEROMALIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; COMMUNICATION; PARASITOIDS; parasitoid wasp; cuticular lipids; cuticular hydrocarbons; close-range mate recognition; courtship behaviour; Hymenoptera; Pteromalidae; Muscidifurax raptorellus; chemical signal; information; polarity |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 590 Zoological sciences |
| Divisions: | Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Zoologie > Chemische Ökologie (Prof. Dr. Joachim Ruther) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Nov 2023 07:52 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Nov 2023 07:52 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/56803 |
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