Abstract
Adult maleG. pallidipes attempted to copulate with decoys treated with a branched paraffin obtained from laboratory-reared female flies. The compound causing maximal response was isolated and identified as 13,23-dimethylpentatriacontane. The synthesized compound elicited increasing responses with increasing doses. This sex- and species-specific compound was always present in physiological amounts in females, as it increased from 2 μg at emergence to 10 μg per female at 14 days. It was present in wild-caught females from a wide geographical range.
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Carlson, D.A., Nelson, D.R., Langley, P.A. et al. Contact sex pheromone in the tsetse flyGlossina pallidipes (Austen) Identification and Synthesis. J Chem Ecol 10, 429–450 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00988090
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