無気門亜目コナダニTyroborus lini Oudemans の警報フェロモンの同定（英文）

The presence of the alarm pheromone was demonstrated in the hexane extract of an acarid mite Tyroborus lini Oudemans 1924. The active fraction derived from an SiO2 column chromatography of the mite extract was identified as neryl formate, (Z)-3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadienyl formate by GC/MS and GC analysis. The synthesized neryl formate was shown to be active at 0.05–1 ng dose. Males contained 0.08 ng of the compound on average, and females 0.16 ng on average. The alarm pheromone was a component present in the opisthonotal gland. Once totally discharged from the gland upon disturbance, it took seven days before the pheromone content reached to its original level in the gland, whereas other compounds recovered within 60 hrs. The reason remains obscure at present.