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363.qxd 4/28/2007 4:29 PM Page 81 Chemoecology 17: 81–85 (2007) CHEMOECOLOGY 00937-7409/07/020081-5 © Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel, 2007 DOI 10.1007/s00049-006-0363-7 Temporal accumulation of phenylpropanoids in male fruit flies, Bactrocera dorsalis and B. carambolae (Diptera: Tephritidae) following methyl eugenol consumption Suk-Ling Wee1, 3 and Keng-Hong Tan2 1School of Biological Sciences, University Science Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Penang, Malaysia 2Tan Hak Heng Co., 20, Jalan Tan Jit Seng, 11200 Tanjong Bungah, Penang, Malaysia 3Current address: HortResearch, Canterbury Agriculture and Science Centre, Gerald Street, PO Box 51, Lincoln 8152, New Zealand. Summary. Males of dacine tephritids, Bactrocera carambo- belonging to 46 plant families (Tan et al. 2005). Previous lae and B. dorsalis are strongly attracted to, and compul- publications have suggested that ME plays an important role sively feed on methyl eugenol (ME), a potent attractant in mediating sexual communication/selection and enhanc- for many Bactrocera species. While ME was shown to ing mating competitiveness of the ME-acquired males, be biotransformed into phenylpropanoids, 2-allyl-4,5- regardless of whether from synthetic ME (Shelly Dewire dimethoxyphenol and (E)-coniferyl alcohol, and temporarily 1994; Hee Tan 1998; Tan Nishida 1996; 1998) or plant- stored in the rectal gland of male B. dorsalis prior to release borne sources (Shelly Dewire 2000; Shelly 2002; Tan