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The major component of the cuticular lipids of male stable flies,Stomoxys calcitrans (L.), was identified as (Z,Z)-1,7,13-pentacosatriene. The identification was confirmed by synthesis. This material is of unknown biological function; it is apparently not produced by female stable flies.
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Diptera: Muscidae.
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Sonnet, P.E., Uebel, E.C. & Miller, R.W. An unusual polyene from male stable flies. J Chem Ecol 3, 251–255 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00988441
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00988441