Interspecific variation in tephritid fruit fly larvae surface hydrocarbons

Sutton, B.D.; Carlson, D.A.

Interspecific variation in tephritid fruit fly larvae surface hydrocarbons

1993

Sutton, B.D. | Carlson, D.A.

Hydrocarbons extracted from seven species of tephritid fruit fly larvae were analyzed using capillary column gas-liquid chromatography and gas-liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry. Interspecific variation in hydrocarbon patterns was evaluated using both classical and nonparametric discriminant analysis for tour of the seven Anastrepha taxa; A. acris, A. fraterculus, A. suspensa and A. obliqua. Three of the four taxa, excluding A. acris, were correctly classified using a linear discriminant model at 72-83% and a nonparametric kernel density discriminant model at 81-92%.

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