Behavioral evidence suggests the presence of a female-emitted sex pheromone in the water mite species, <i>Arrenurus globator</i> (O. F. Muller, 1776) (Acari: Hydrachnida; Arrenuridae)
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Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41330%2F25%3A106402" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41330/25:106402 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-025-01009-7" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-025-01009-7</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10493-025-01009-7" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10493-025-01009-7</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Behavioral evidence suggests the presence of a female-emitted sex pheromone in the water mite species, <i>Arrenurus globator</i> (O. F. Muller, 1776) (Acari: Hydrachnida; Arrenuridae)
Original language description
Species from various animal taxa have been found to use pheromonal communication underwater. Although the use of pheromones in water mites has been previously suggested, experimental evidence for it remains sparse. We examined the behavioral responses of male and female Arrenurus globator to water in which conspecifics of the same and the opposite sex had been kept, in order to test the hypothesis that chemical communication occurs between sexes. Results suggest a putative female-produced sex pheromone that stimulates at least the initial steps of mating behavior in males. Males exhibited arrestant behavior, leg fanning and readiness posture more in female-conditioned water than in male-conditioned or control water. In contrast, females showed no response to either male-conditioned water or female-conditioned water.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10616 - Entomology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Experimental and Applied Acarology
ISSN
0168-8162
e-ISSN
0168-8162
Volume of the periodical
94
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
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UT code for WoS article
001434921900002
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85218735508