Species-specific sex pheromones secreted from new sexual glands in two sympatric fungus-growing termites from northern Vietnam, Macrotermes annandalei and M. barneyi

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-98

  Peppuy, A ^a   Robert, A ^a   Bordereau, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Courtship behavior; Isoptera; Pheromones; Posterior sternal glands; Species specificity; Tergal glands

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SEX PHEROMONE; TERMITE;

FUNGI; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMES; MACROTERMES ANNANDALEI; MACROTERMES BARNEYI; MACROTERMITINAE; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 1642326862     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-003-0718-9     Document Type: Article

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