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    Sex pheromone of the click beetle Agriotes pilosellus (Schönherr, 1718)
    (2022) Tolasch, Till; von Fragstein, Maximilian; Steidle, Johannes L. M.; Tolasch, Till; Institut für Biologie, Universität Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany; von Fragstein, Maximilian; Institut für Biologie, Universität Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany; Steidle, Johannes L. M.; Institut für Biologie, Universität Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
    Agriotes pilosellus is a fairly common click beetle species distributed in open deciduous and mixed forests throughout a large area in Europe. To identify its sex pheromone, gland extracts of female beetles were analyzed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The only volatile compounds present in the extracts were geranyl butanoate and ( E )-8-hydroxygeranyl dibutanoate in a 1:3 ratio, identified by comparison with synthetic samples. Field experiments revealed a clear attraction of  A.  pilosellus - males towards traps baited with geranyl butanoate, which could be synergistically enhanced by the factor of almost ten by addition of ( E )-8-hydroxygeranyl dibutanoate. The latter compound alone did not show any attractive effect. Both compounds correspond well to the structures known from other Agriotes species and may serve as an effective monitoring tool for entomofaunistic research.