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SUBMITTER: Noushini S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7022760 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Noushini Saeedeh S Perez Jeanneth J Park Soo Jean SJ Holgate Danielle D Jamie Ian I Jamie Joanne J Taylor Phillip P
Insects 20191231 1
The banana fruit fly, <i>Bactrocera musae</i> (Tryon) (Diptera: Tephritidae), is an economically important pest endemic to Australia and mainland Papua New Guinea. The chemistry of its rectal glands, and the volatiles emitted during periods of sexual activity, has not been previously reported. Using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), we find that male rectal glands contain ethyl butanoate, <i>N</i>-(3-methylbutyl) acetamide, ethyl laurate and ethyl myristate, with ethyl butanoate as t ...[more]