Visual pinpoint location associated with pheromonal cue in males of the black chafer

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Shot Date: 2002/05/26
Shot Location: Nishi-henna-zaki, Miyako Island, Okinawa, Japan

* species
Holotrichia loochooana loochooana

Key Words
visual cue
olfactory cue
sex pheromone
flight location
mate location


FUKAYA, Midori
2006/11/17 submitted



Animalia >Arthropoda >Insecta >Coleoptera >Scarabaeidae >Holotrichia >

(3) In contrast, when the interval was increased to 20 cm, frequency of male landing on the balls are decreased. Hovering males were often observed in front of the two balls.

FUKAYA, Midori, Sadao WAKAMURA, Norio ARAKAKI, Hiroe YASUI, Tetsuya YASUDA and Toshiharu AKINO (2006) Visual 'Pinpoint' Location Associated with Pheromonal Cue in Males of the Black Chafer Holotrichia loochooana loochooana (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Appl. Entotmol. Zool. 41, 99-104.

(Data No.momo040305hl03a)

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