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Male white-spotted longicorn beetles Anoplophora malasiaca raised on willow Salix schwerinii were preferentially attracted to the odour of wounded S. schwerinii branches when released near a female model in the laboratory. This attractiveness rapidly decreased within 2 h after wounding. Solid phase microextraction and subsequent gas chromatography analyses of volatiles from the wounded branches detected three highly volatile monoterpenes: 1,8-cineole, nerol and geraniol. Among the monoterpene compounds, nerol showed a significant attractiveness to the male beetles raised on Salix. Sesquiterpene hydrocarbons, which have been identified as attractants for a beetle population raised on citrus, were detected only in trace amounts in S. schwerinii branches. These results suggest that beetles raised on these two hosts use different odour cues for mate location.
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We thank Taeko Maeda and Ikuko Hashimoto of the NIAS and Takahiro Ogai of Tsukuba University for assistance with the experiments and rearing of the insects; Sumie Shimizu of NIAS is also thanked for rearing the insects. Thanks are also due to Kenjiro Kawasaki of the NIAS and Yasue Yaginuma of Ryozen-Tensan-no-kai for collecting the insects and to Toshimasa Mitamura of Fukushima Agricultural Technology Centre for providing S. schwerinii branches. Special thanks are due to Seiji Tanaka, Kotaro Maeno and Ken-ichi Harano for invaluable discussions and critical comments. We also thank Shinobu Akiyama of the National Museum of Nature and Science for stating the scientific name of the Salix species. Improvement of the manuscript by Serge Glushkoff is appreciated.
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H. Yasui, N. Fujiwara-Tsujii and S. Wakamura contributed equally to this article.
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Yasui, H., Fujiwara-Tsujii, N. & Wakamura, S. Volatile attractant phytochemicals for a population of white-spotted longicorn beetles Anoplophora malasiaca (Thomson) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) fed on willow differ from attractants for a population fed on citrus. Chemoecology 21, 51–58 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00049-010-0065-z
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