01568naa a2200217 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400280006010000190008824501330010726000090024052009340024965000150118365000100119865300330120870000150124170000190125670000170127570000210129277300370131319511492023-03-07       2012    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 a0.1155/2012/2803402DOI1 aLAUMANN, R. A.  aAttractant Pheromone of the Neotropical Species Neomegalotomus parvus (Westwood) (HeteropterabAlydidae).h[electronic resource]  c2012  aThe Neotropical broad-headed bug, Neomegalotomus parvus (Westwood), is adapted to various leguminous crops and is considered a pest in common bean and soybean. The chemical communication of this species was studied in order to identify an attractant pheromone. Males and females of N. parvus produce several short-chain esters and acids, and their antennae showed electrophysiological responses to ?ve of these compounds, three common to both sexes (hexyl butanoate, 4-methylhexyl butanoate, and hexyl hexanoate), and two female-speci?c compounds (4-methylhexyl pentanoate and hexyl pentanoate). Both aeration extracts of females and a solution containing ?ve synthetic compounds mimicking the natural blend were attractive to males and females N. parvus in a laboratory bioassay. Aspects of the chemical ecology of the broad-headed bugs and the possibility to use pheromone-baited traps in the ?eld for monitoring are discussed.  aFeromônio  aPraga  aNeotropical broad-headed bug1 aBORGES, M.1 aALDRICH, J. R.1 aKHRIMIAN, A.1 aMORAES, M. C. B.  tPsyche, 2012. Article ID 280340.