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Sex pheromones and their cross-activities in six Japanese sympatri species of the genus Vespa

Geschlechtschpheromone und ihre interscpezifische Wirksampkeit bei seches sympatrischen Arten der GattungVespa in Japan

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The presence of sex pheromones in six Japanese species of the genusVespa was demonstrated by laboratory assyas using intact queens and their ether extracts. Clear interspecific cross-activities of the pheromones was found for all pairwise combinations between five of the six sympatric species,V. analis, V. mandarinia, V. tropica, V. simillima xanthoptera andV. crabro.

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Geschlechtsphromone wurden bei sechs japanischenVespa-Arten in Laborversuchen nachgewiesen, wobei sowohl intakte Königinnen wie auch deren Atherextrakte getestet wurden. Eine deutliche interspezifische Wirksamkeit der Pheromone wurde bei allen paarweisen Kombinationen zwischen fünf der sechs sympatrischen rten gefunden, und zwar beiV. analis, V. mandarina, V. tropica, V. simillima xanthoptera undV. crabro.

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  1. Laboratory of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tamagawa University, Machida, 194, Tokyo, Japan

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Ono, M., Sasaki, M. Sex pheromones and their cross-activities in six Japanese sympatri species of the genus Vespa. Ins. Soc 34, 252–260 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02224357

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