Sexual communication in the termite Prorhinotermes simplex (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae) mediated by a pheromone from female tergal glands

0327372 - ÚOCHB 2010 RIV CH eng J - Journal Article
Hanus, Robert - Luxová, Anna - Šobotník, Jan - Kalinová, Blanka - Jiroš, Pavel - Křeček, J. - Bourguignon, T. - Bordereau, Ch.
Sexual communication in the termite Prorhinotermes simplex (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae) mediated by a pheromone from female tergal glands.
Insectes Sociaux. Roč. 56, č. 2 (2009), s. 111-118. ISSN 0020-1812. E-ISSN 1420-9098
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Keywords : sex pheromone * Prorhinotermes * GC-EAD * tergal glands * dodecatrienol
Subject RIV: CC - Organic Chemistry
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Pairing is mediated by the secretion from tergal glands, exposed by females in a calling posture and highly attractive to males. The retention characteristics of this area proved to be identical with those of (3Z,6Z,8E)-dodeca-3.6,8-trien-1-ol. Electroantennographic and behavioral assays revealed that units of picograms of the compound represent a stimulus qualitatively and quantitatively equivalent to one female tergal gland. Thus, we hypothesize that (3Z,6Z,8E)-dodeca-3,6,8-trien-1-ol is a major component of the female sex pheromone in P. simplex.
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