Species-specific, two-component, volatile signals in two sympatric ant-lion species:Synclysis baetica and Acanthaclisis occitanica (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae)

G. Bergström; A. B. Wassgren; H. E. Högberg; E. Hedenström; A. Hefetz; D. Simon; T. Ohlsson; J. Löfqvist

doi:10.1007/BF00980072

Species-specific, two-component, volatile signals in two sympatric ant-lion species:Synclysis baetica and Acanthaclisis occitanica (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae)

G. Bergström^*, A. B. Wassgren, H. E. Högberg, E. Hedenström, A. Hefetz, D. Simon, T. Ohlsson, J. Löfqvist

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Abstract

The thoracic glands of males in two ant-lion species Synclysis baetica and Acanthaclisis occitanica, which occur sympatrically in Israel, were found to contain a volatile secretion with two-component blends of nerol oxide and (R,Z)-6-tridecen-2-ol (approx 1:5) and nerol oxide and 10-homonerol oxide (approx. 1:2), respectively. Chemical analyses were performed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, chiral gas chromatography, and ozonolysis, and the proposed structures were confirmed by synthesis. The species-specific, few-component volatile signals are thought to function as a reproductive isolation mechanism between the two sympatric species. Biochemical relationships between the nerol derivatives and between the unsaturated secondary alcohols are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1177-1188
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Chemical Ecology
Volume	18
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00980072
State	Published - Jul 1992

Keywords

(R,Z)-6-tridecen-2-ol
10-homonerol oxide
Ant lions
Myrmeleontidae
Neuroptera
biosynthesis
enantiomers
gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
nerol oxide
sympatric species isolation

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