Insect Sex Pheromones is a revised and expanded edition of the book ""Insect Sex Attractants"" and covers greater discoveries in the field of sex pheromones. It is discovered that many sex pheromones are sexually excitatory rather than attractive. This discovery prompted the substitution of the more accurate and encompassing term ""pheromones"" for the term ""attractants"" in the title of this edition.
Composed of 13 chapters, this book has chapters that cover the occurrence in female and production in male of sex pheromones in various insect species. The insect orders considered include Acarina, Orthoptera, Hemiptera, Homoptera, Diptera, Isoptera, Neuroptera, Siphonaptera, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Trichoptera, and Mecoptera. The following chapter discusses pheromones produced by one sex that lure to assemble for mating. This book goes on discussing the anatomy and physiology of scent glands of male and female insects; the attractant perception mechanism; and the behavioral and electrophysiological responses of insects to sex pheromones. Other chapters are devoted to the influence of several factors on the presence of chemical sex attraction or excitation in any insect. The concluding chapters deal with the collection, isolation, identification, synthesis, and analysis of sex pheromones.
This book will greatly appeal to research and economic entomologists, insect physiologists, chemists, and ecologists.

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Preface
Chapter I Introduction
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Chapter II Occurrence of Sex Pheromones in the Female
Acarina
Orthoptera
Hemiptera
Homoptera
Diptera
Isoptera
Neuroptera
Siphonaptera
Coleoptera
Hymenoptera
Lepidoptera
Chapter III Sex Pheromones Produced by Males
Acarina
Orthoptera
Hemiptera
Trichoptera
Coleoptera
Hymenoptera
Diptera
Lepidoptera
Mecoptera
Chapter IV Pheromones Produced by One Sex That Lure Both Sexes (Assembling or Aggregating Scents)
Orthoptera
Hemiptera
Coleoptera
Chapter V Anatomy and Physiology of the Production Glands
In Females
Orthoptera
Lepidoptera
Coleoptera
Hemiptera (Homoptera)
Hymenoptera
Diptera
In Males
Orthoptera
Lepidoptera
Coleoptera
Hemiptera (Heteroptera)
Diptera
Mecoptera
Chapter VI The Mechanism of Attractant Perception
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Chapter VII Responses to Sex Pheromones
Behavioral Responses
Acarina
Orthoptera
Hemiptera
Diptera
Coleoptera
Hymenoptera
Lepidoptera
Electrophysiological Responses
Chapter VIII Influence of Age of the Insect on Production of and Response to Sex Pheromones
Orthoptera
Hemiptera (Heteroptera)
Hemiptera (Homoptera)
Lepidoptera
Coleoptera
Hymenoptera
Neuroptera
Diptera
Chapter IX Influence of Time of Day on Sex Pheromone Production and Mating
Orthoptera
Lepidoptera
Coleoptera
Hymenoptera
Diptera
Chapter X Collection, Isolation, and Identification of Sex Pheromones
Collection
Isolation
Identification
Acarina
Orthoptera
Hemiptera
Lepidoptera
Coleoptera
Hymenoptera
Diptera
Chapter XI Synthesis of the Sex Pheromones
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Chapter XII Sex Attractants in Insect Survey
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Chapter XIII Sex Pheromones in Insect Control
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Bibliography
Subject Index