Periplaneta japonica

An important step toward the correct identification of the sex pheromone of P. americana was the identification of several phytochemicals, such as bomyl acetate and santalol, that stimulated courtship behavior in males (Bowers and Bodenstein, 1971 see p. 196). Some years later, Tahara etal. (1975) and Kitamuta et al. (1976) reported that germacrene-D, extracted from composite plant species, stimulated sexual behavior in males of P. americana and the Japanese cockroach Periplaneta japonica Karny. Persoons etal. (1974, 1976) determined, on the basis... 

Kitamura, C. and Takahashi, S. (1973). The mating behavior and evidence for a sex stimulant of the Japanese cockroach, Periplaneta japonica Karny (Orthoptera Blattidae). Kontyd 41 383-388. 

Jackson, L.L. (1972). Cuticular lipids of insects IV. Hydrocarbons of the cockroaches Periplaneta japonica and Periplaneta americana compared to other cockroach hydrocarbons. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 41B, 331-336. 

Obt. from cuticle of the cockroach Periplaneta japonica and from secretions of the soldiers of the East African fungus-growing termite Macrotermes subhyalinus. Mating stimulant pheromone of the little house fly Fannia canicularis. 

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