Trail-Following Pheromones in the Termite Subfamily Syntermitinae (Blattodea, Termitoidae, Termitidae)

. 2020 Jun ; 46 (5-6) : 475-482. [epub] 20200611

Jazyk angličtina Země Spojené státy americké Médium print-electronic

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Perzistentní odkaz   https://www.medvik.cz/link/pmid32529331

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3076681/2016-5\0 CNPq
20195006 Internal Grant Agency of Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences

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PubMed 32529331
DOI 10.1007/s10886-020-01180-8
PII: 10.1007/s10886-020-01180-8
Knihovny.cz E-zdroje

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 "higher" termites (i.e. Termitidae) from the subfamily Syntermitinae remain surprisingly neglected. To fill this gap, we studied the trail-following pheromone in six genera and nine species of Syntermitinae. Our chemical and behavioral experiments showed that (3Z,6Z,8E)-dodeca-3,6,8-trien-1-ol is the single component of the pheromone of all the termite species studied, except for Silvestritermes euamignathus. This species produces both (3Z,6Z)-dodeca-3,6-dien-1-ol and neocembrene, but only (3Z,6Z)-dodeca-3,6-dien-1-ol elicits trail-following behavior. Our results indicate the importance of (3Z,6Z,8E)-dodeca-3,6,8-trien-1-ol, the most widespread communication compound in termites, but also the repeated switches to other common pheromones as exemplified by S. euamignathus.

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