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1 November 2024 Asymmetric semiochemical-mediated interactions of Monochamus spp. (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) and associated bark beetles in Portugal and Canada
Jeremy D. Allison, Quentin Guignard, Isabelle Ochoa, Edmundo Sousa, Luis Bonifacio
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Abstract

Some coniferophagous bark and woodboring beetles overlap spatially and temporally in host trees. These larval interactions have been classified as competitive and predatory in favor of the larger and more mobile woodborer larvae. In some bark beetles, larval traits have been reported that facilitate evasion of woodborer larvae. Both bark beetles and woodborers mediate mating on host material with volatile pheromones. Although it is known that some woodborers eavesdrop on bark beetle aggregation pheromones to facilitate host location, it is not known what effect woodborer pheromones have on bark beetles. The pheromone monochamol is used by most Monochamus spp. Dejean and coniferophagous species from this genus co-occur with bark beetles in host tissues. Because of the negative consequences these larval interactions have for bark beetles, we hypothesized that the woodborer pheromone monochamol would inhibit captures of sympatric and synchronic bark beetles to intercept traps baited with their aggregation pheromones and host volatiles. We tested this hypothesis in 2 systems, 1 in Ontario, Canada, and another in Setúbal, Portugal with field trapping experiments. Trap captures of Ips sexdentatus (Boerner) (Coleoptera: Scolytinae), Orthotomicus erosus (Wollaston) (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) (2 bark beetle species captured in Portugal), and Ips pini (Say) (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) (1 bark beetle species captured in Canada) were reduced by the presence of monochamol. These results suggest that an additional evasion mechanism in some bark beetles is the detection of the woodborer pheromone monochamol and subsequent reduced response to aggregation pheromone and host volatiles in the presence of this woodborer pheromone.

Jeremy D. Allison, Quentin Guignard, Isabelle Ochoa, Edmundo Sousa, and Luis Bonifacio "Asymmetric semiochemical-mediated interactions of Monochamus spp. (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) and associated bark beetles in Portugal and Canada," Environmental Entomology 54(1), 46-53, (1 November 2024). https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvae106
Received: 27 March 2024; Accepted: 17 October 2024; Published: 1 November 2024
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KEYWORDS
chemical
Coevolution
ecology
kairomone
longhorned beetle
Scolytinae
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