title: Pollination by sexual mimicry in Mormolyca ringens: a floral chemistry that remarkably matches the pheromones of virgin queens of Scaptotrigona sp.
abstract: The chemical composition of some volatile (2-heptanol) and nonvolatile constituents (a homologous 9-alkene/alkane series) of Mormolyca ringens flowers and Scaptotrigona sp. queen waxes (homologous 9-alkene/alkane series) and cephalic extracts (homologous series of 2-alkanols, including 2-heptanol) involved with the pseudocopulation or sexual mimicry in Orchidaceae pollination is compared. The similarity in chemical composition of flowers and insects is assigned to the chemically induced copulatory activity in Scaptotrigona males.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Institute, State University of Campinas, PO Box 6154, 13084-971 Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Flach
authors.forename: Anita J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Marsaioli
authors.forename: Rodrigo B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Singer
authors.forename: Maria do Carmo E
authors.initials: Mdo C
authors.lastname: Amaral
authors.forename: Cristiano
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Menezes
authors.forename: Warwick Estevam
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Kerr
authors.forename: Luciane G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Batista-Pereira
authors.forename: Arlene G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Corrêa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001516:Bees / Q000502:physiology*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D029595:Orchidaceae / Q000502:physiology*; D011058:Pollen; D012724:Sex Attractants; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
chemical_list: D012724:Sex Attractants