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Myrie, Ameka ; Schultner, Eva ; Oettler, Jan ; Pokorny, Tamara

No population-level variation in cuticular hydrocarbon profiles of a major agricultural pest, the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei

Myrie, Ameka , Schultner, Eva , Oettler, Jan und Pokorny, Tamara (2025) No population-level variation in cuticular hydrocarbon profiles of a major agricultural pest, the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei. Chemoecology 35 (3-4), S. 157-166.

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DOI zum Zitieren dieses Dokuments: 10.5283/epub.78669


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The Coffee Berry Borer (CBB) Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) is an important pest species that has invaded all major coffee-producing areas of the world, causing tremendous economic losses every year. Since its discovery on the island of Jamaica approximately 40 years ago, the beetle has moved from lowland regions with comparably warm and dry climates to ...

The Coffee Berry Borer (CBB) Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) is an important pest species that has invaded all major coffee-producing areas of the world, causing tremendous economic losses every year. Since its discovery on the island of Jamaica approximately 40 years ago, the beetle has moved from lowland regions with comparably warm and dry climates to higher altitudes with cooler and wetter conditions in the Blue Mountains. Some insects have been shown to react to such environmental variation with changes in their cuticular hydrocarbon (CHC) profiles. To investigate if this is also the case in CBBs, we characterized the CHC profiles of beetles collected from different farms varying in altitude and climate across Jamaica and from one farm in Panama. We found that the CHC profiles of CBBs are mainly composed of straight-chain alkanes and methyl-branched alkanes, and that differences in farm location or rearing conditions (lab or field) may not necessarily result in CHC variation. The coffee berries provide a microclimate which protects the beetles from the conditions outside the coffee berries for the majority of their life cycles, thus potentially buffering this major pest from external environmental selection pressures.



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DokumentenartArtikel
Titel eines Journals oder einer ZeitschriftChemoecology
Verlag:Springer Nature
Band:35
Nummer des Zeitschriftenheftes oder des Kapitels:3-4
Seitenbereich:S. 157-166
Datum19 Juli 2025
InstitutionenBiologie und Vorklinische Medizin > Institut für Zoologie > Zoologie/Evolutionsbiologie (Prof. Dr. Jürgen Heinze)
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WertTyp
10.1007/s00049-025-00425-wDOI
Stichwörter / KeywordsChemical communication Scolytinae Bark beetles Invasive species GC/MS Climate
Dewey-Dezimal-Klassifikation500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 590 Tiere (Zoologie)
StatusVeröffentlicht
BegutachtetJa, diese Version wurde begutachtet
An der Universität Regensburg entstandenJa
URN der UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-786696
Dokumenten-ID78669

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