Exocrine secretions of bees X. 3,7-Dimethyldeca-2,6-dien-1,10-diol: A sex-specific compound fromNomada annulata (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae)

R M Duffield; C Simon-Jordan; E W Riddick; J W Wheeler

doi:10.1007/BF01021011

Exocrine secretions of bees X. 3,7-Dimethyldeca-2,6-dien-1,10-diol: A sex-specific compound fromNomada annulata (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae)

J Chem Ecol. 1990 Apr;16(4):1069-76. doi: 10.1007/BF01021011.

Authors

R M Duffield¹, C Simon-Jordan, E W Riddick, J W Wheeler

Affiliation

¹ Department of Zoology, Howard University, 20059, Washington, D. C..

PMID: 24263712
DOI: 10.1007/BF01021011

Abstract

3,7-Dimethyldeca-2,6-dien-1,10-diol was isolated from male cephalic extracts of the cleptoparasitic or "cuckoo" bee,Nomada annulata. The compound is absent in female head extracts. This diol, previously known only from a male danaid butterfly, is a new bee natural product and is not found in the volatile exocrine secretions of the host bee,Andrena macra. The role of this compound in this parasite-host system, including the chemical basis ofNomada-Andrena associations, is discussed.