Abstract
2,6-Dichlorophenol is the only active sex attractant component detected in the extracts of the Rocky Mountain wood tick,Dermacentor andersoni Stiles and the American dog tick,Dermacentor variabilis (Say). It elicits from the male of each species a hierarchy of responses culminating in copulation. This compound probably occurs generally throughout the metastriate Ixodidae. 2,6-Dibromophenol, an artifact, also elicits the same sexual responses from the wood tick, but phenol andp-cresol do not.
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Supported by grants nos. AI 10,986 and AI 10,987 from the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20014.
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Sonenshine, D.E., Silverstein, R.M., Plummer, E. et al. 2,6-Dichlorophenol, the sex pheromone of the Rocky Mountain wood tick,Dermacentor andersoni Stiles and the American dog tick,Dermacentor variabilis (Say). J Chem Ecol 2, 201–209 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00987743
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