Invasive Stink Bugs and Related Species (Pentatomoidea)

704 Invasive Stink Bugs and Related Species (Pentatomoidea)

15.4.1 Pentatomid Compounds as Kairomones for Egg Parasitoids

Studies conducted with platygastrid egg parasitoids demonstrate the complexity and diversity of cues
and behavioral interactions between an egg parasitoid and its stink bug hosts. For example, in Y-tube
olfactometer bioassays, the egg parasitoid Telenomus podisi (F.) was attracted to a defensive compound,
(E)-2-hexenal, from its preferred host, Euschistus heros (Vieira et al. 2014). However, (E)-2-hexenal is
a common plant volatile and is produced in large amounts by soybean, a major host plant of E. heros

TABLE 15.3

Volatile Pheromones of Pentatomoidea That Are Exploited as Kairomones by Natural Enemies

Bug Species Chemicals Natural Enemy Species References

Euschistus
conspersus

Methyl

(2E,4Z)-2,4-decadienoate

Diptera: Tachinidae: Gymnoclytia

occidentalis

Krupke and Brunner 2003

Euschistus heros Methyl
2,6,10-trimethyltridecanoate

Hymenoptera: Platygastridae:

Telenomus podisi

Borges et al. 1998, 1999;
Silva et al. 2006
Euschistus spp. Methyl
(2E,4Z)-2,4-decadienoate

Diptera: Tachinidae: Gymnosoma

par

Aldrich et al. 2006, 2007

Murgantia
histrionica

Extracts from adults, nymphs,

and eggs

Hymenoptera: Platygastridae:

Trissolcus brochymenae

Conti et al. 2003

Nezara viridula One or more of (Z)-α-
bisabolene, (4S)-cis and
(4S)-trans-bisabolene
epoxides; Live males and
females as odor sources

Diptera: Tachinidae: Trichopoda

pennipes

Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae:

Ooencyrtus telenomicida

Hymenoptera: Platygastridae:

Trissolcus basalis

Aldrich et al. 1987, 2006,

2007; Colazza et al.

1999; Mitchell and Mau

1971; Harris and Todd

1980

Plautia stali Methyl
(2E,4E,6Z)-2,4,6-
decatrienoate

Diptera: Tachinidae: Gymnosoma

rotundatum, G. par, Euclytia flava,

Euthera tentatrix;

Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Astata

occidentalis

Moriya and Shiga 1984;

Aldrich et al. 2006,

2007; Higaki and Adachi

2011; Cottrell et al. 2014

Podisus fretus One or more of (E)-2-hexenal

• α-terpineol + linalool +
  terpinen-4-ol + benzyl alcohol

Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespula

maculifrons

Aldrich et al. 1986a

Podisus
maculiventris

One or more of (E)-2-hexenal

+ α-terpineol + linalool +

terpinen-4-ol + benzyl alcohol

Diptera: Tachinidae: Euclytia flava,

Hemyda aurata, Cylindromyia

fumipennis;

Diptera: Ceratopogonidae:

Forcipomyia crinita;

Hymenoptera: Platygastridae:

Telenomus spp.

Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespula

maculifrons

Aldrich et al. 1984,

1986b; Bruni et al. 2000;

Aldrich and Zhang

2002; Aldrich et al.

2006, 2007

Podisus neglectus One or more of (E)-2-hexenal

• α-terpineol + linalool +
  terpinen-4-ol + benzyl alcohol


• (E)-2-octenal

Diptera: Tachinidae: Euclytia flava,

Hemyda aurata

Diptera: Ceratopogonidae:

Forcipomyia crinita

Hymenoptera: Platygastridae:

Telenomus spp.

Aldrich et al. 1984,

1986b; Aldrich and

Zhang 2002

Thyanta
pallidovirens

One or more of methyl

(2E,4Z,6Z)-2,4,6-

decatrienoate, methyl

(2E,4E,6Z)-2,4,6-

decatrienoate, zingiberene,

α-curcumene and

sesquiphellandrene

Diptera: Tachinidae: Euclytia flava;

Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Astata

occidentalis

Aldrich et al. 2006, 2007;

Millar et al. 2001

Tibraca
limbativentris

Zingiberenol Hymenoptera: Platygastridae:

Telenomus podisi

Tognon et al. 2014