title: 10-Methyldodecanal, a Novel Attractant Pheromone Produced by Males of the South American Cerambycid Beetle Eburodacrys vittata.
abstract: We report the identification, synthesis, and field bioassay of a novel attractant pheromone produced by males of Eburodacrys vittata (Blanchard), a South American cerambycid beetle in the subfamily Cerambycinae. Headspace volatiles from males contained a sex-specific compound, identified as 10-methyldodecanal. In a field bioassay conducted in Brazil, significant numbers of males and females were caught in traps baited with synthesized racemic 10-methyldodecanal, consistent with the aggregation-sex pheromones produced by males of many cerambycine species. This compound represents a new structural class of cerambycid pheromones, and it is the first pheromone identified for a species in the tribe Eburiini.
authors: Department of Entomology and Acarology, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors: Weliton D
authors: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9035-204X
authors: WD
authors: Silva
authors: Department of Entomology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America.|Department of Chemistry, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America.
authors: Jocelyn G
authors: JG
authors: Millar
authors: Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America.
authors: Lawrence M
authors: LM
authors: Hanks
authors: Department of Entomology and Acarology, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors: José Maurício S
authors: JM
authors: Bento
mesh_terms: D000447:Aldehydes / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001681:Biological Assay / Q000379:methods; D002633:Chemotaxis; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D012724:Sex Attractants / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal
chemical_list: C000621509:10-methyldodecanal; D000447:Aldehydes; D012724:Sex Attractants