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Florian P Schiestl1, Rod Peakall, Jim G Mant
1School of Botany and Zoology, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|October 18, 2003
Abstract:
The "sexually deceptive" orchid Chiloglottis trapeziformis attracts males of its pollinator species, the thynnine wasp Neozeleboria cryptoides, by emitting a unique volatile compound, 2-ethyl-5-propylcyclohexan-1,3-dione, which is also produced by female wasps as a male-attracting sex pheromone.
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