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. 1976 Aug 20;193(4254):695-7.
doi: 10.1126/science.948746.

Dufour's gland: source of sex pheromone in a hymenopterous parasitoid

R M Weseloh

Dufour's gland: source of sex pheromone in a hymenopterous parasitoid

R M Weseloh. Science. .

Abstract

Females of Apanteles melanoscelus and Apanteles liparidis produce a sex pheromone in Dufour's gland of their reproductive system. Males of both species exhibit premating behavior when in contact with filter paper smears of the gland of their respective females.

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