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2,6-Dichlorophenol (2,6-DCP) is the major volatile sex pheromone component in the extracts ofHyalomma dromedarii (35 ng/female) andHyalomma anatolicum excavalum (20 ng/female). The GC fraction containing essentially pure 2,6-DCP, as well as an equal amount of synthetic 2,6-DCP, elicits from the male of each species a hierarchy of responses culminating in attempted copulation.
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Supported in part by Research Project 3M161102BS10.AD.424, Naval Medical Research and Development Command, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland; in part by contract N00014-80-C-0546, NR 205-039, with the Office of Naval Research, Microbiology Program, Naval Biology Project, Arlington, Virginia; and in part by a grant, AI 10,987 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
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Silverstein, R.M., West, J.R., Sonenshine, D.E. et al. Occurrence of 2,6-dichlorophenol in hard ticks,Hyalomma dromedarii andHyalomma anatolicum excavatum, and its role in mating. J Chem Ecol 9, 1543–1549 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00988420
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00988420