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Behavioural responses of the pine weevilHylobius abietis L. (Col.: Curculionidae) to odours activating different groups of receptor cells

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A method for measuring the attractive effect of odorous compounds on a population of pine weevilsHylobius abietis L. is described. Three substances, which strongly activated different groups of sensory cells (Mustaparta, 1975) were examined. Trans-verbenol, which excited selectively certain trichodeal cells had the highest attraction and dominated the attractive effect of α-pinene. The latter activated a special group of basiconic cells which indicated its importance as food attractant. The third compound, 5-hexen-2-one, activated a large number of olfactory receptor cells, but had almost no attractive effect on the weevils.

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  1. Max-Planck-Institut für Verhaltensphysiologie, Seewiesen, Germany

    Hanna Mustaparta

  2. Avdelning för Ekologisk Kemi, Gøteborgs Universitet, Mølndal, Sweden

    Hanna Mustaparta

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This work was financed by the Norwegian Research Council for Sciences and Humanities NAVF, and also supported by Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst DAAD.

I would like to thank Dr. S. Gothilf, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Tel Aviv, Dr. J. Jansen, Institute of Physiology, University of Oslo, and Dr. S. Grillner, Institute of Physiology, University of Gothenborg, for discussions. For constantly providing insects I am thankful to Oberforstmeister H. Niemeyer, Niedersächsische Forstliche Versuchsanstalt, Göttingen.

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Mustaparta, H. Behavioural responses of the pine weevilHylobius abietis L. (Col.: Curculionidae) to odours activating different groups of receptor cells. J. Comp. Physiol. 102, 57–63 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00657485

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