Applied Entomology and Zoology (2003) 38, 379-385

Hiroyuki Hiraoka, Naoki Mori, Kimiko Okabe, Ritsuo Nishida and Yasumasa Kuwahara (2003)
Chemical ecology of astigmatid mites LXIX. Neryl formate [3,7-dimethyl-(Z)-2,6-octadienyl formate] as the alarm pheromone of an acarid mite, Histiogaster rotundus Woodring (Acari: Acaridae)
Applied Entomology and Zoology 38 (3), 379-385
Abstract: Alarm pheromone activity was demonstrated in a hexane rinse of the mite Histiogaster rotundus Woodring (Acari: Acaridae). Silica gel column chromatography of the hexane rinse from 1,000 mites afforded an active fraction consisting solely of neryl formate [3,7-dimethyl-(Z)-2,6-octadienyl formate] by GC/MS analysis. Synthetic neryl formate triggered the same escape behavior at 1-100 ng. On average 6.7±0.5 ng of the pheromone was contained in a female, and 10.1 ±0.5 ng in a male.
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Database assignments for author(s): Yasumasa Kuwahara, Ritsuo Nishida

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
pheromones/attractants/traps

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Histiogaster rotundus		Japan