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Pollination by sexual mimicry in Mormolyca ringens: A floral chemistry that remarkably matches the pheromones of virgin queens of Scaptotrigona sp.
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Journal Of Chemical Ecology. Springer, v. 32, n. 1, n. 59, n. 70, 2006.
0098-0331
1573-1561
WOS:000235902000005
10.1007/s10886-006-9351-1
Autor
Flach, A
Marsaioli, AJ
Singer, RB
Amaral, MCE
Menezes, C
Kerr, WE
Batista-Pereira, LG
Correa, AG
Institución
Resumen
The chemical composition of some volatile (2-heptanol) and nonvolatile constituents (a homologous 9-alkene/alkane series) of Mormolyca ringens flowers and Scaptotrigona sp. queen waxes (homologous 9-alkene/alkane series) and cephalic extracts (homologous series of 2-alkanols, including 2-heptanol) involved with the pseudocopulation or sexual mimicry in Orchidaceae pollination is compared. The similarity in chemical composition of flowers and insects is assigned to the chemically induced copulatory activity in Scaptotrigona males. 32 1 59 70