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Attraction of the larval predator Elater ferrugineus to the sex pheromone of its prey, Osmoderma eremita and its implication for conservation biology

In English

Författare

Summary, in English

Elater ferrugineus is a threatened click beetle inhabiting old hollow trees. Its larvae consume larvae of other saproxylic insects including the threatened scarab beetle Osmoderma eremita. Recently, (R)-(+)-gamma-decalactone was identified as a male-produced sex pheromone of O. eremita. Here we present evidence that E. ferrugineus adults use this odor as a kairomone for location of their prey. In field trapping experiments, significantly more trapping events of E. ferrugineus beetles were observed in Lindgren funnel traps baited with (R)-(+)-gamma-decalactone than in control traps (20 vs. 1, respectively). Analyses of headspace collections from E. ferrugineus beetles indicate that the predator itself does not produce the substance. Both sexes were attracted to the prey pheromone, suggesting that E. ferrugineus males use the odor as an indirect cue for location of mates or of the tree hollows, which make up their habitat. When compared to pitfall traps, the Lindgren system was significantly more effective in trapping E. ferrugineus, and no difference could be established for O: eremita, showing the high potential to use odor-based systems to catch both species. We suggest that (R)-(+)-gamma-decalactone could be used as a master signal in monitoring programs for these vulnerable beetle species, which are both regarded as indicators of the associated insect fauna of the threatened habitat of old hollow trees.

Publiceringsår

2004

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

353-363

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volym

30

Issue

2

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Springer

Ämne

  • Zoology
  • Biological Sciences

Status

Published

Projekt

  • The PheroBio project (Pheromone monitoring of Biodiversity)

Forskningsgrupp

  • Pheromone Group

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1573-1561