Chemistry of cerambycid host plants. Part I: Survey of Leguminosae—A study in adaptive radiation

Meurer-Grimes, Barbara; Tavakilian, Gérard

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“…However, most species, are relatively host specific (Tavakilian et al 1997) and only attack material in a specific physiological state (Linsley 1959;Solomon 1995;Hanks 1999). Meurer-Grimes and Tavakilian (1997) found that although the host plants of cerambycid guilds (species sharing host plants) are taxonomically related and similar phytochemically, cerambycid guild members are not usually related. This suggests that in cerambycid beetles host-plant recognition is mediated by chemical cues originating from the plants.…”

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A review of the chemical ecology of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera)

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Borden²,

Seybold

2004

Evolutionary, Mechanistic and Environmental Approaches to Chemi

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This review summarizes the literature related to the chemical ecology of the Cerambycidae and provides a brief overview of cerambycid biology, ecology, economic significance, and management. Beetles in the family Cerambycidae have assumed increasing prominence as pests of forest and shade trees, shrubs, and raw wood products, and as vectors of tree diseases. Exotic species associated with solid wood packing materials have been notable tree killers in North American urban and peri-urban forests. In forested ecosystems native species respond to disturbances such as fires and windstorms, and initiate the biodeterioration of woody tissue. Eggs are laid by females, on or through the bark surface of stem and branch tissue of moribund, recently killed or decomposing woody plants; larval cerambycids (roundheaded woodborers) typically feed in the phloem and later in the xylem. Females will also, in some cases, select living hosts, e.g. adult conifer and angiosperm trees, for oviposition. Research on the chemical ecology of over 70 species has revealed many examples of attractive kairomones (such as floral volatiles, smoke volatiles, trunk and leaf volatiles, and bark beetle pheromones), repellents and deterrents, oviposition stimulants, short-and long-range sex pheromones, and defensive substances. Emerging generalities are that attractants tend to be monoterpenoids and phenolic esters; oviposition stimulants are monoterpenoids and flavanoids; short-range sex pheromones are femaleproduced, methyl-branched cuticular hydrocarbons; and long-range sex pheromones are male-produced α-hydroxy ketones and (α,β)-diols ranging in length from 6 to 10 carbons. The latter compounds appear to originate from glands in the male thorax; putative defensive substances originate from metasternal secretory pores or mandibular glands. In one unusual case, a flightless, subterranean female that attacks sugar cane produces a sex pheromone that is derived from the amino acid isoleucine. With significantly more than 35,000 species of Cerambycidae worldwide, these generalities will be subject to change as more species are examined.

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A review of the chemical ecology of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera)

Allison

Borden²,

Seybold

2004

Evolutionary, Mechanistic and Environmental Approaches to Chemi

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“…Le-cythis poiteaui produced more cerambycids (N = 664) than E. coriacea (N = 470) during the dry season, but E. coriacea produced more cerambycids (N = 327) than L. poiteaui (N = 66) during the rainy season (Fisher's exact test using the program JMP SAS (1989)(1990)(1991)(1992)(1993)(1994), df = 1, P = 0.000; Berkov & Tavakilian 1999). Both species were attacked by numerous cerambycid species either previously (Tavakilian et al 1997) or newly identified as Lecythidaceae specialists (Table 1; note that classifications of host specificity were considered tentative when sample sizes were small). Specialist species often were represented by many individuals.…”

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“…Seven of the eight cerambycid species reared from C. amapaensis were represented by ten or fewer individuals (Table 1). Palame crassimana is a Lecythidaceae specialist with a relatively broad host range (Tavakilian et al 1997, Berkov & Tavakilian 1999, and this species alone arose in abundance (Table 1). Corytbopbora amapaensis was the only tree species that gave rise to Neopalame sp.…”

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“…The branches severed from C. stellata, an exceptionally fetid species, were practically devoid of cerambycids (Table 2). Althdugh seven cerambycid species were reared, the only cerambycid represented by more than ten individuals was Neobaryssinw marianae, which appears to be associated exclusively with the genus Couratuvi (Table 1; Tavakilian et al 1997). Of the remaining cerambycid species reared, only Neoeutrypanw mutilattw and Oedopeza Beetle species represented by at least two host records are classified according to their host specificity as generalists (G) or specialists associated with a single plant species (SISP), and genus (SIGEN) or family (SIFAM).…”

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“…Al-though there is a burgeoning interest in the medicinal properties of tropical plants, the chemicals mediating the interactions of those plants with insects have been poorly investigated. In French Guiana, the majority of the cerambycid species that attack freshly felled wood appear to be specialists able to locate and successfully reproduce in the wood of related tree species, suggesting that their distribution is at least in part regulated by plant chemistry (Meurer-Grimes & Tavakilian 1997, Tavakilian et al 1997. Lecythidaceae is one of two plant families associated with an extremely welldefined guild of specialist cerambycids (Tavakilian et al 1997).…”

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Do Lecythidaceae Specialists (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) Shun Fetid Tree Species?¹

Berkov

Meurer-Grimes²,

Purzycki³

2000

Biotropica

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Characteristic secondary metabolites are currently acknowledged to play a pivotal role in the circumscription of a plant's insect fauna. A newly discovered association between wood–boring longicorn beetles (Cerambycidae) and their host trees belonging to the Brazil nut family (Lecythidaceae) inspired a yearlong rearing project in the lowland Neotropical rain forest of central French Guiana. Branches severed from five species of Lecythidaceae yielded 1813 cerambycids belonging to 37 species. Two of the five tree species, Couratari stellata and Gustavia hexapetala, yielded impoverished complements of cerambycids that included large percentages of generalists. Both tree species are characterized by fetid odors. Wood samples collected from the malodorous C. stellata, as well as from two well–colonized species, Lecythis poiteaui and Eschweilera coriacea, were analyzed for their volatile components. Sulfur compounds accounted for almost 15 percent of the volatiles detected from C. stellata, while they were at most minor components of the two well–colonized tree species. S–methylmethionine, isolated from a C. stellata wood sample, appeared to be the major sulfur compound contributing to the distinctive smell. We hypothesize that this foul odor is a deterrent to specialist cerambycids seeking oviposition sites.

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Woodborers in Forest Stands

Dodds

Sweeney

Allison

2023

Forest Entomology and Pathology

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Woodborers are an ecologically important guild in forested ecosystems and include Buprestidae, Cerambycidae, and Siricidae. Members of these families contribute to various ecological processes including nutrient cycling and forest succession, and are also important components of food webs. Most woodborers encountered in forests are secondary species that rarely kill trees, however, important invasive species like Asian longhorned beetle, emerald ash borer, and Sirex noctilio can have broad ranging impacts on urban, managed, and natural forests. This chapter provides a broad overview of three woodborer families, including information on natural history, abiotic and biotic population regulation factors, ecological roles, chemical ecology, management, and a brief overview of economically important species.

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Chemistry of cerambycid host plants. Part I: Survey of Leguminosae—A study in adaptive radiation

Cited by 15 publications

References 18 publications

A review of the chemical ecology of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera)

A review of the chemical ecology of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera)

Do Lecythidaceae Specialists (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) Shun Fetid Tree Species?¹

Woodborers in Forest Stands

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Chemistry of cerambycid host plants. Part I: Survey of Leguminosae—A study in adaptive radiation

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A review of the chemical ecology of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera)

A review of the chemical ecology of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera)

Do Lecythidaceae Specialists (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) Shun Fetid Tree Species?1

Woodborers in Forest Stands

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Do Lecythidaceae Specialists (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) Shun Fetid Tree Species?¹