Scarabaeidae pheromones

Figure 6.4 Lactone pheromone components produced by beetles in the genus Anomala (family Scarabaeidae) (R)- and (S)-(R,Z)-5-(-)-(dec-1-enyl)-oxacyclopentan-2-one (japonilure) and (fl,Z)-5-(-)-(oct-1-enyl)-oxacyclopentan-2-one (buibuilactone). Species known to use the compounds as pheromone components are indicated (reviewed in Leal, 1999).

Kim J.-Y. and Leal W. S. (2000) Ultrastructure of pheromone-detecting sensillum placodeum of the Japanse beetle, Popillia japonica Newmann (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae). Arthropod Struct. Dev. 29, 121-128. 

Larsson M. C., Leal W. S. and Hansson B. S. (1999) Olfactory receptor neurons specific to chiral sex pheromone components in male and female Anomala cuprea beetles (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae). J. Comp. Physiol. A 184, 353-359. 

Wojtasek H. and Leal W. S. (1999b) Degradation of an alkoloid pheromone from the pale-brown chafer, Phyllopertha diversa (Coleptera Scarabaeidae), by an insect olfactory cytocrome P450. FEBS Lett 458, 333-336. 

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