| communication via sex pheromones within and among arrenurus spp. mites (acari: hydrachnida; arrenuridae). | we present direct experimental evidence of pheromone use in six species of arrenurus and indirect evidence for four species, including members of the subgenera megaluracarus, truncaturus, and arrenurus. water in which females were housed elicited arrestant behaviour in males, males oriented to the source, and at least some individuals in each species assumed the male readiness posture, a precursor to coupling. most species responded to water treated with conspecific females, but there was also i ... | 2004 | 15597604 |
| experimental evidence for a female sex pheromone in arrenurus manubriator (acari: hydrachnida; arrenuridae). | we present experimental evidence for a water-borne female-produced sex pheromone in aquatic parasitengonine mites. water that has contained adult female arrenurus manubriator marshall will elicit arrestant behaviour in conspecific adult males, and if the cue is sufficiently strong, the males will assume a readiness posture (with 4th pair of legs held over the back, bent anteromedially at the genuotibial joint) that is typically a precursor to coupling. water that has not been exposed to female m ... | 2002 | 12797400 |