Roles of cuticular hydrocarbons in intra-and interspecific recognition behavior of two rhinotermitidae species |
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| Authors: | Shozo Takahashi Ahdin Gassa |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Pesticide Research Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, 606 Kyoto, Japan |
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| Abstract: | Soldiers of two termite species.Reticulitermes speratus andCoptotermes formosanus, showed aggressive behavior toward workers of other species. Soldiers always exhibited aggressive behavior to a conspecific worker treated with heterospecific cuticular hydrocarbons. A bioassay using live workers to test contact chemical cues was developed. |
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| Keywords: | Specific recognition aggressive behavior contact chemical cues Rhinotermitidae cuticular hydrocarbons |
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