Insect Sex Pheromones

Insect Sex Pheromones is a revised and expanded edition of the book ""Insect Sex Attractants"" and covers greater discoveries in the field of sex pheromones. It is discovered that many sex pheromones are sexually excitatory rather than attractive. This discovery prompted the substitution of the more accurate and encompassing term ""pheromones"" for the term ""attractants"" in the title of this edition. Composed of 13 chapters, this book has chapters that cover the occurrence in female and production in male of sex pheromones in various insect species. The insect orders considered include Acarina, Orthoptera, Hemiptera, Homoptera, Diptera, Isoptera, Neuroptera, Siphonaptera, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Trichoptera, and Mecoptera. The following chapter discusses pheromones produced by one sex that lure to assemble for mating. This book goes on discussing the anatomy and physiology of scent glands of male and female insects; the attractant perception mechanism; and the behavioral and electrophysiological responses of insects to sex pheromones. Other chapters are devoted to the influence of several factors on the presence of chemical sex attraction or excitation in any insect. The concluding chapters deal with the collection, isolation, identification, synthesis, and analysis of sex pheromones.
This book will greatly appeal to research and economic entomologists, insect physiologists, chemists, and ecologists.

Preface

Chapter I Introduction

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Chapter II Occurrence of Sex Pheromones in the Female

Acarina

Orthoptera

Hemiptera

Homoptera

Diptera

Isoptera

Neuroptera

Siphonaptera

Coleoptera

Hymenoptera

Lepidoptera

Chapter III Sex Pheromones Produced by Males

Acarina

Orthoptera

Hemiptera

Trichoptera

Coleoptera

Hymenoptera

Diptera

Lepidoptera

Mecoptera

Chapter IV Pheromones Produced by One Sex That Lure Both Sexes (Assembling or Aggregating Scents)

Orthoptera

Hemiptera

Coleoptera

Chapter V Anatomy and Physiology of the Production Glands

In Females

Orthoptera

Lepidoptera

Coleoptera

Hemiptera (Homoptera)

Hymenoptera

Diptera

In Males

Orthoptera

Lepidoptera

Coleoptera

Hemiptera (Heteroptera)

Diptera

Mecoptera

Chapter VI The Mechanism of Attractant Perception

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Chapter VII Responses to Sex Pheromones

Behavioral Responses

Acarina

Orthoptera

Hemiptera

Diptera

Coleoptera

Hymenoptera

Lepidoptera

Electrophysiological Responses

Chapter VIII Influence of Age of the Insect on Production of and Response to Sex Pheromones

Orthoptera

Hemiptera (Heteroptera)

Hemiptera (Homoptera)

Lepidoptera

Coleoptera

Hymenoptera

Neuroptera

Diptera

Chapter IX Influence of Time of Day on Sex Pheromone Production and Mating

Orthoptera

Lepidoptera

Coleoptera

Hymenoptera

Diptera

Chapter X Collection, Isolation, and Identification of Sex Pheromones

Collection

Isolation

Identification

Acarina

Orthoptera

Hemiptera

Lepidoptera

Coleoptera

Hymenoptera

Diptera

Chapter XI Synthesis of the Sex Pheromones

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Chapter XII Sex Attractants in Insect Survey

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Chapter XIII Sex Pheromones in Insect Control

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Bibliography

Subject Index