Dufour's gland: source of sex pheromone in a hymenopterous parasitoid.
Females of Apanteles melanoscelus and Apanteles liparidis produce a sex pheromone in Dufour's gland of their reproductive system. Males of both species exhibit premating behavior when in contact with filter paper smears of the gland of their respective females.
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006927:Hymenoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008297:Male; D010675:Pheromones / Q000502:physiology; D012724:Sex Attractants / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000502:physiology; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology; D014863:Wasps / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology
D010675:Pheromones; D012724:Sex Attractants