5-METHYL-2-PHENYL-2-HEXENAL IN THE SCENT GLAND SECRETION OF MALE CAVECRICKETS, TROGLOPHILUS-CAVICOLA AND TROGLOPHILUS-NEGLECTUS (ENSIFERA,RHAPHIDOPHORIDAE)

Authors
RASPOTNIG G FREITAG B KASTBERGER G WINDISCHHOFER W LEIS HJ
Citation
G. Raspotnig et al., 5-METHYL-2-PHENYL-2-HEXENAL IN THE SCENT GLAND SECRETION OF MALE CAVECRICKETS, TROGLOPHILUS-CAVICOLA AND TROGLOPHILUS-NEGLECTUS (ENSIFERA,RHAPHIDOPHORIDAE), Journal of insect physiology, 44(5-6), 1998, pp. 413-417
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology,Physiology
Journal title
Journal of insect physiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00221910
Volume
44
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
413 - 417
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-1910(1998)44:5-6<413:5ITSGS>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
d5-Methyl-2-phenyl-2-hexenal, a distinctly smelling compound, was iden tified as a constituent of the male scent gland secretion of two speci es of cave crickets, Troglophilus cavicola and T. neglectus. It is the first proof of a male specific exocrine compound in grasshoppers. A p heromonal function of the component could not be established; its poss ible biological role is discussed. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.