Detection of the mite alarm pheromone neryl formate in the velvet mite, balaustium sp. (parasitengona: Erythraeidae)

Jay A. Yoder; David D. Mowrey; Eric J. Rellinger; Justin L. Tank; Peter E. Hanson; Richard W. York

doi:10.1080/01647950708684503

Detection of the mite alarm pheromone neryl formate in the velvet mite, balaustium sp. (parasitengona: Erythraeidae)

Jay A. Yoder, David D. Mowrey, Eric J. Rellinger, Justin L. Tank, Peter E. Hanson, Richard W. York

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Abstract

When disturbed, Balaustium sp. mites release an alarm pheromone from their urnulae. Analysis by gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy (GC/MS) in this study shows the presence of neryl formate. Subsequent behavioral testing indicates that neryl formate is an ingredient of their alarm pheromone, causing mites to retreat upon contacting surfaces treated with the compound. Mites elicited diminished responses to neryl formate in comparison to a natural mite extract, indicating that neryl formate is not the only component of the alarm pheromone. Furthermore, the efficacy of neryl formate at causing mites to scatter is dose-dependent. None of the test concentrations prompted mites to halt their rapid movements or form clusters, suggesting that neryl formate acts exclusively as a dispersal agent with no apparent functional overlap to other pheromones. These observations are consistent with mite alarm pheromone that characterize Oribatida and Astigmata, which comprise a separate lineage from Balaustium sp. (Prostigmata).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	73-78
Number of pages	6
Journal	International Journal of Acarology
Volume	33
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/01647950708684503
State	Published - 2007

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Funding provided, in part, by student grants from Wittenberg University to E JR and JLT.

Keywords

Acari
Alarm pheromone
Balaustiumsp
Erythraeidae
Neryl formate

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