Hindawi Publishing Corporation Psyche Volume 2012, Article ID 532652, 14 pages doi:10.1155/2012/532652 Research Article Pheromone Production, Attraction, and Interspecific Inhibition among Four Species of Ips Bark Beetles in the Southeastern USA Goran¨ Birgersson,1 Mark J. Dalusky,2 Karl E. Espelie,2 and C. Wayne Berisford2 1 Division of Chemical Ecology, Department of Plant Protection Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 102, 230 53 Alnarp, Sweden 2 Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA Correspondence should be addressed to Goran¨ Birgersson,
[email protected] Received 9 December 2011; Accepted 26 January 2012 Academic Editor: John A. Byers Copyright © 2012 Goran¨ Birgersson et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Hindgut volatiles from attacking, unmated males of Ips avulsus, I. calligraphus, I. grandicollis,andI. pini were analyzed by combined gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. Based on the quantitative identifications of hindguts and subsequent individual aerations, baits were formulated and a combined species-specific subtractive field bioassay was set up for the four bark beetle species. The bioassays were subtractive for the compounds identified in the hindgut analysis of each species, and volatiles identified in sympatric species were added as potential inhibitors alone and in combination. The trap catches from this bioassay revealed strong interspecific inhibition. The subtractive assays showed that I. grandicollis and I. calligraphus share (–)-(4S)-cis-verbenol as one pheromone component, while their second, synergistic pheromone component, (–)-(S)-ipsenol in I.