Cuticular hydrocarbons of the eastern subterranean termite,Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar) (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) |
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| Authors: | Ralph W Howard C A McDaniel Gary J Blomquist |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Forest Service, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 2008 GMF, 39503 Gulfport, Mississippi;(2) National Monitoring and Residue Analysis Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, P.O. Box 989, 39501 Gulfport, Mississippi;(3) Department of Chemistry, University of Southern Mississippi, Southern Station, Box 5347, 39401 Hattiesburg, Mississippi;(4) Present address: Division of Biochemistry, University of Nevada, 89507 Reno, Nevada |
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| Abstract: | Major cuticular hydrocarbon components in several castes ofReticulitermes flavipes (Kollar) have been identified and quantitated. Types of hydrocarbons present includen-alkanes, 2-methylalkanes, 3-methylalkanes, 5-methylalkanes, an alkene, and an alkadiene, with a range in carbon numbers from C21 to C26, This is the first report on insect cuticular hydrocarbons in which both 2- and 3-methylalkanes are present, as well as the first report of an insect with a conjugated alkadiene. |
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| Keywords: | Caste methyl-branched hydrocarbons alkenes Reticulitermes flavipes Isoptera Rhinotermitidae termite eastern subterranean termite cuticles cuticular hydrocarbons methoxy ether derivatives |
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