Attractiveness of male

Ferkin M., Sorokin E. and Johnston R.E. (1997). Effect of prolactin on the attractiveness of male odors to females in Meadow Voles independance and additive effects with testosterone. Horn Behav 31, 55-63. 

Colletes cunicularius HE Attraction of males to virgin females (3S)-(+)-Linalool 8 [35]... 

Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) malachurum VESPOIDEA CW Attraction of males to virgin females 3-Methylbut-3-enyl eicos-ll-enoate 107, linoleate 108, linolenoate 109, oleate 110 [157]... 

Formica lugubris Q-DG Attraction of males to alate queens Undecane 61, tridecane 62, (4Z)-tridec -4-ene 63 [112]... 

Johnston, R. E. and Kwan, M. (1984) Vaginal scent marking effects on ultrasonic calling and attraction of male golden hamsters. Behav. Neural Biol. 42, 158-68. 

The components of the sex pheromone from female nettle caterpillars Darna trima and Darna bradleyi (Lepidoptera Limacodidae) were identified. The compounds from D. trima were 2-methylbutyl-(A )-7,9-decadienoate (A) and ( )-2-hexenyl ( )-7,9-decadienoate (B) and from D. bradleyi were identified as methyl (T)-7,9-decadienoate (C) and isobutyl (.ff)-7,9-decadienoate (D). In Malaysia, (5 )-2-methylbutyl- E)-7,9-decadienoate in combination with B proved to be essential and synergistic pheromone components for attraction of males in field tests. (i )-2-methylbutyl- ( )-7,9-decadienoate had no behavioral activity. Compound D singly attracted male D. bradleyi, but the addition of C and D in a ratio of 1 10 significantly enhanced attractiveness of the bait. ... 

Evidence for volatile pheromones in lycosids is limited, despite the fact that Lendl (1887-88) noted attraction of males toward females in G. vultuosa (as T. infernalis) and Kolosvary (1932) reported an odor emanating from female Lycosa (as Trochosa) singoriensis that induced courtship by males. Tietjen (1979b) found... 

Males of a European species, Xysticus kochii, also were attracted to 12 and 13 (S. Toft and S. Schulz, unpublished data). The aldehydes 12 and 13 were not found in odors collected from females, although the saturated analogs octanal and decanal were present. However, neither they nor any of the other identified compounds attracted males (S. Schulz and S. Toft, unpublished data), and the reason for the attraction of male crab spiders to aldehydes 12 and 13 remains unknown. 

Aldrich, J. R. and Barros, T.M. (1995). Chemical attraction of male crab spiders (Araneae, Thomisidae) and kleptoparasitic flies (Diptera, Milichiidae and Chloropidae). Journal of Arachnology 23 212-214. 

In addition to their role in orientation behavior, the periplanones may participate in reproductive isolation among sympatric Periplaneta species. Periplanone-A from P. americana attracts Periplaneta australasiae. Periplanone-B, and possibly some other components, inhibits attraction of male P australasiae (Seelinger, 1985b). Two other periplanones, periplanone-C (3 Table 6.2) and periplanone-D (4 Table 6.2), have been isolated from P. americana (Biendl et al, 1989 Takahashi et al,... 

A second and perhaps more common possibility is suggested by the occasional attraction of male moths to compounds very closely related to actual constituents of a pheromone. For example, in wind tunnel trials, about 5% of the males of the strain of the European com borer (O. nubilalis) that uses (Z)- and ( )-l 1-tetradecenyl acetate in a 97 3 ratio are attracted to a 2 1 mix of (Z)- and ( )-12-tetradecenyl acetates, which is the mix of the Asian com borer, Ostrinia furnacalis (Roelofs et al, 2002). Such occasional mistakes also are found in many species when the attractancy of pheromone analogs are evaluated in the field small proportions of males are attracted to the wrong lures. The presumption is that there is a heritable basis for such deviance in at least some of these males. Again, these compounds could be recognized by forgiving receptors (Vickers et al., 1991 Baker,... 

T6th, M., Lofstedt, C., Blair, B. W. el al. (1992). Attraction of male turnip moths Agrotis segetum (Lepidoptera Noctuidae) to sex pheromone components and their mixtures at 11 sites in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Journal of Chemical Ecology 18 1337-1347. 

Bomemissza G. F. (1964) Sex attractant of male scorpion flies. Nature, London 203,786-787. 

Diptera. Cuticular hydrocarbons derived from females have been reported to function as short range sex attractants for all the species of flies that have been examined. (Zj-9-Tricosene was identified as the sex pheromone of the house fly, Musca domestica, whereas C27 and C29 cuticular monoolefins were only weakly active (42). Furthermore, (Z)-9-tricosene was reported to function as a sexual excitant as well, since the incidence of copulatory attempts by male flies was reported to be increased in the presence of this compound. It was subsequently suggested that (Z)-9-heneicosene was an orientation pheromone for male flies, and a 7 3 ratio of the C23 and C21 alkenes was optimal in terms of orientation and mating behavior (43). However, neither hydrocarbon increased the attraction of male flies to moving dummies (44), and it was eventually concluded that these long-chain (zj-9-alkenes functioned primarily as psychedelics with regard to visually stimulated sex attraction and aggregation (45). 

Hardie, J. et al. 1994. The interaction of sex pheromone and plant volatiles for field attraction of male bird-cherry aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi. In Proceedings -Brighton Crop Protection Conference, Pests and Diseases (Vol. 3), pp. 1223-1230, BCPC Publications, Bracknell, UK. 

Ferkin, M. H., Sorokin, E. S., Renfroe, M. W., and Johnston, R. E., 1994, Attractiveness of male odors to females varies directly with plasma testosterone concentration in meadow voles. Physiol. Behav. 55 347-353. 

Beauchamp, G.K. 1973. Attraction of male guinea pigs to conspecific urine. Physiol Behav., 10, 589—594. 

Solomon, J. A. Glickman, S. E. 1977. Attraction of male golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) to the odors of male conspecifics. Behav. Biol, 20, 367—376. 

PROLACTIN AND TESTOSTERONE MEDIATE SEASONAL DIFFERENCES IN MALE PREFERENCES FOR THE ODORS OF FEMALES AND THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF MALE ODORS TO FEMALES... 

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