The vertex‐pronotal stridulatory apparatus of the female is described; the male lacks this sound producing apparatus. Females stridulated in stress, attraction, in‐gallery, and rivalry contexts. In contrast to some Dendroctonus species, I. pini (females) had similar attraction and rivalry chirps, which differed from stress chirps. In‐gallery chirps were longer and had a slower pulse rate than all other chirps, and were multiply interrupted. Their function was not ascertained. Attraction chirps produced by females attempting to enter a hole containing a male plus three females had more pulses/chirp and a faster pulse rate than chirps produced during attempts to enter galleries with either more or fewer females. Olfactory studies showed that the decrease in secondary attraction depended on the relation between the number of females/male in the gallery and elapsed time since the last female entered. However, these results do not indicate whether the aggregation retarding mechanism was the release of an antiattractant or merely cessation of production of the aggregative pheromone. The mean female/male sex ratio of the I. pini attracted to the test situations was 1.4/1.0, indicating a selective advantage to attracting excess males. Early colonisation observations showed that, in Oregon, nuptial chamber construction was completed within 1.4 days and the male accepted three females by 3.3 days. Zusammenfassung Das chemoakustische Verhalten von Ips pint (Say) (Col: Scolytidae) während des Befalles und der Kolonisation des Wirtsbaumes Der Lauterzeugungsapparat des Weibchens von Ips pint wird beschrieben; das Männchen besitzt keinen solchen Apparat. Die Weibchen stridulieren während eines Streß‐, Attraktions‐ und Rivalenverhaltens. Im Gegensatz zu einigen Arten der Gattung Dendroctonus produzieren die Weibchen von Ips pint Attraktion‐ und Rivalensignale, die akustisch ähnlich sind, sich jedoch von den Streß‐Signalen unterscheiden. Die Verhaltensuntersuchungen über die Wahrnehmung der Lockstoffe im Freiland haben gezeigt, daß die Abnahme in der sekundären Attraktion von der Zahl der Weibchen per Mannchen im Fraßgange abhängig ist sowie auch von dem Zeitabschnitt, seitdem das letzte Weibchen in den Fraßgang eindrang. Es ist noch nicht klar, ob diese Attraktionsabnahme durch die Abgabe eines anti‐attraktiven Pheromons oder durch die Beendigung der Pheromonproduktion verursacht wird.
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