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ChristianBordereau, et al. ; David Sillam-Dussès; Jan Šobotník; Thomas Bourguignon; Ping Wen; Etienne Sémon; Alain Robert; Eliana M. Cancello; Chloé Leroy; Michael J. Lacey; Show all 10 Authors
Blattodea; Termitidae; chemical ecology; developmental stages; foraging; nesting; trail pheromones
Abstract:
... Trail-following behavior is a key to ecological success of termites, allowing them to orient themselves between the nesting and foraging sites. This behavior is controlled by specific trail-following pheromones produced by the abdominal sternal gland occurring in all termite species and developmental stages. Trail-following communication has been studied in a broad spectrum of species, but the “hi ...
... The species-specificity of pairing has been studied in three sympatric Neotropical termites: Cornitermes bequaerti, Cornitermes cumulans and Cornitermes silvestrii (Termitidae, Syntermitinae). Bioassays showed that sex attraction was highly species-specific between C. bequaerti and C. cumulans but not between C. cumulans and C. silvestrii. The sex-pairing pheromone of the three species is secreted ...
ChristianBordereau, et al. ; Jan Šobotník; Thomas Bourguignon; Tiago F. Carrijo; Alain Robert; Barbora Křížková; Joice P. Constantini; Eliana M. Cancello; Show all 8 Authors
... Termites have developed many exocrine glands, generally dedicated to defence or communication. Although a few of these glands occur in all termite species, or represent synapomorphies of larger clades, others are morphological innovations of a single species, or a few related species. Here, we describe the nasus gland, a new gland occurring at the base of the nasus of Angularitermes soldiers. The ...
ChristianBordereau, et al. ; Michael J. Lacey; Etienne Sémon; Jana Krasulová; David Sillam-Dussès; Alain Robert; Richard Cornette; Michal Hoskovec; Petr Žáček; Irena Valterová; Show all 10 Authors
Hodotermopsis; Porotermes; Stolotermes; Zootermopsis nevadensis; bioassays; chemical structure; gas chromatography; mass spectrometry; microextraction; new family; secretion; sex pheromones
Abstract:
... The trail-following pheromone and sex pheromones were investigated in the Indomalayan termite Hodotermopsis sjoestedti belonging to the new family Archotermopsidae. Gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC–MS) after solid phase microextraction (SPME) of the sternal gland secretion of pseudergates and trail-following bioassays demonstrated that the trail-following pheromone of H. sjoeste ...