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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pestic Biochem Physiol. 2015 Dec 31;131:60–79. doi: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2015.12.009

Table 1.

Mite pheromones and chemical components that elicit attractive or aggregative behavioral responses.

Pheromone Attractive components Mite speciesa Reference Formula Structure
Mite aggregation pheromone Lardolure C. polyphyllae
L. konoi 		[46] C15H30O2 graphic file with name nihms777003t1.jpg
Mite alarm pheromone Neral S. elongata [93,94] C10H16O graphic file with name nihms777003t2.jpg
Neryl formate D. farinae
D. pteronyssinus 		[93,95] C11H18O2 graphic file with name nihms777003t3.jpg
Mite female sex pheromone (2R,3R)-Epoxyneral Caloglyphus sp. [78] C10H16O2 graphic file with name nihms777003t4.jpg
2-Hydroxy-6-methylbenzaldehyde A. immobilis
A. ovatus
C. hughesi
D. farinae 		[73,74,75,76] C8H8O2 graphic file with name nihms777003t5.jpg
α-Acaridial R. robini [80] C10H14O2 graphic file with name nihms777003t6.jpg
β-Acaridial Caloglyphus sp. [35] C10H14O2 graphic file with name nihms777003t7.jpg
Rosefuran Caloglyphus sp. [79] C10H14O graphic file with name nihms777003t8.jpg
S-Isorobinal R. setosus [81] C10H12O2 graphic file with name nihms777003t9.jpg
Mite female sex pheromone S-Isopiperitenone T. similis [82] C10H14O graphic file with name nihms777003t10.jpg
Undecane C. rodriguezi [78] C11H24 graphic file with name nihms777003t11.jpg
Mite immature female pheromone Citronellol T. urticae [66] C10H20O graphic file with name nihms777003t12.jpg
Farnesol T. urticae [67] C15H26O graphic file with name nihms777003t13.jpg
Nerolidol T. urticae [68] C15H26O graphic file with name nihms777003t14.jpg
a

Acarus immobilis, Aleuroglyphus ovatus, Caloglyphus polyphyllae, Caloglyphus rodriguezi, Cosmoglyphus hughesi, Dermatophagoides farinae, Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, Lardoglyphus konoi, Rhizoglyphus robini, Rhizoglyphus setosus, Schwiebea elongata, Tetranychus urticae, Tyrophagus similis.