Identification of the trail-following pheromone of the pest termite amitermes evuncifer (Isoptera: Termitidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 579-588

  Kotoklo, Esse Anani ^a   Sillam Dussès, David ^b,c   Kétoh, Guillaume ^a   Sémon, Etienne ^d   Robert, Alain ^b,e   Bordereau, Christian ^b   Glitho, Isabelle Adolé ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOMÉ   (Togo)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^d CENTRE DES SCIENCES DU GOÛT ET DE L ALIMENTATION   (France)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Dodecatrienol; GC MS; Multicomponent pheromone; Neocembrene; SPME; Termites

Indexed keywords

AMITERMES EVUNCIFER; ISOPTERA; NASUTITERMITINAE; PRORHINOTERMES; RHINOTERMITIDAE; TERMITIDAE; TERMITINAE;

EID: 77950561015     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Affblter, J. & R.H. Leurhold. 2000. Quantitative and qualitative aspects of trail pheromones in Macrotermes subhyalinus (Isoptera, Termitidae). Insectes Sociaux 47:256-262.
2. Anani Kotoklo, E., K. Amevoin, A. Robert, C. Rouland-Lefèvre, Y. Tano & LA. Glirho.2008. Dégâts causés parles termites sur la canne à sucre au sud du Togo. 3rd International Symposium REARB and 1st Colloque COMEC/PVp. 23.
3. Billen, J. & E.D. Morgan. 1998. Pheromone communication in social insects: sources and secretions. In Vander Meer R.K., Breed M.D., Espelie K.E. & Winston M.L. (Eds.), Pheromone communication in social insects. Boulder, Westview Press, pp. 3-33.
4. Bitsch, C. & C. Noirot. 2002. Gut characters and phylogeny of the higher termites (Isoptera: Termitidae). A cladistic analysis. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 38:201-210.
5. Bordereau, C. & J. Pasteels. 2009. Pheromones and chemical ecology of dispersal and foraging in termites. In: Bignell D.E., Roisin Y. & Lo N. (Eds.), Biology of termites, a modern synthesis. Springer, Heidelberg (in press).
6. Delgarde, S. & C. Rouland-Lefèvre. 2002. Evaluation of the effects of thiamethoxam on three species of African termite (Isoptera: Termitidae) crop pests. Journal of Economic Entomology 95:531-536.
7. Donovan, S.E., D.T.Jones, WA. Sands & P. Eggleton. 2000. Morphological phylogenetics of termites (Isoptera). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 70:467-513.
8. Eggleton, P. 2000. Global diversity patterns. In: Abe, T., Bignell, D.E. & Higashi, M. (Eds.), Termites: Evolution, Sociality, Symbiosis, Ecology. Dordrecht, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 25-51.
9. Eggleton, P. 2001. Termites and trees: a review of recent advances in termite phylogenetics. Insectes Sociaux 48:187-193. (Pubitemid 32925475)
10. Engel, M.S. & K. Krishna. 2004. Family-group names for termites (Isoptera). American Museum Novitates 3432:1-9.
11. Hall, P. &J.F. A. Traniello. 1985. Behavioral bioassays of termite trail pheromones, recruitment and orientation effects of cembrene-A in Nasutitermes costalis (Isoptera: Termitidae) and discussion of factors affecting termite response in experimental contexts. Journal of Chemical Ecology 11:1503-1513.
12. Han, S.H., G.P. Tokro, Y. Tano & M. Lepage. 1998. Dégâts des termites dans les plantations de palmiers à huile en Côte d'Ivoire : évaluation et méthodes de lutte = Termite damage in oil palm plantations in Côte d'Ivoire: evaluation and control methods. Plantations, recherche, développement 5:119-126
13. Han, S.H. & A.B. Ndiaye. 1996. Dégâts causés parles termites (Isoptera) sur les arbres fruitiers dans la région de Dakar (Sénégal). Actes des Colloques Insectes Sociaux 10:111-117.
14. Han, S.H. 2000. Dégâts causés par les termites sur les bâtiments dans la région de Dakar au Sénégal. Actes des Colloques Insectes Sociaux 13:61-64.
15. Inward, D.J.G., A.P. Vogler & P. Eggleton. 2007. A comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of termites (Isoptera) illuminates key aspects of their evolutionary biology. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44:953-967.
16. Jackson, D.E., S.J. Martin, F.L.W. Ratnieks M. Holcombe. 2007. Spatial and temporal variation in pheromone composition of ant foraging trails. Behavioral Ecology 18:444-450. (Pubitemid 46363269)
17. Malaka, S.L.O. 1983. Economic importance of termites: Six case studies in Nigeria and Ghana. Nigeria Field 47:222-230.
18. Matsumura, F., H.C. Coppel & A. Tai. 1968. Isolation and identification of termite trailfollowing pheromone. Nature 219:963-964.
19. McDowell, P.G. & G.W. Oloo. 1984. isolation, identification, and biological activity of trail-followmg pheiomone of termite Trinervitermes bettonianus(Sjöstedt) (Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae). Journal of Chemical Ecology 10:835-851.
20. Noirot, C. 1969. Glands and secretions. In Krishna K. & Weesner EM. (Eds.), Biology of termites (Vol. 1). New York and London, Academic Press, pp. 89-123.
21. Noirot, C. 2001. The gut of termites (Isoptera) comparative anatomy, systematics, phylogeny. H.-Higher termites (Termitidae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 37:431-471.
22. Ohkuma, M., H. Yuzawa, W. Amomsak, Y. Sornnuwat, Y Takematsu, A. Yamada, C. Vongkaluang, O. Sarnthoy, N. Kirtibutr, N. Noparatnaraporn, T. Kudo & T. Inoue.2004. Molecular phytogeny of Asian termites (Isoptera) of the families Termitidae and Rhinotermitidae based on mitochondrial COII sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31:701-710.
23. Pasteels, J.M. & C. Bordereau. 1998. Releaser pheromones in termites. In Vander Meer R.K., Breed M.D., Espelie K.E. Sc Winston M.L. (Eds.), Pheromone communication in social insects. Boulder, Westview Press, pp. 193-215.
24. Pearce, M. J.J.W.M. Logan & A. Tibent. 1995. Termites (Isoptera) from the Darfur region of the Sudan with comments on their pest status. Journal of Arid Environments 30:197-206.
25. Quennedey, A., D. Sillam-Dussès, A. Robert & C. Bordereau. 2008. The fine structural organization of sternal glands of pseudergates and workers in termites (Isoptera): a comparative survey. Arthropod, Structure and Development 37:168-185.
26. Saran, R.K., J.G. Millar Sc M.K. Rust. 2007. Role of (3Z,6Z,8E)- dodecatrienol-l-ol in trail following, feeding, and mating behavior of Reticulitermes hesperus. Journal of Chemical Ecology 33:369-389.
27. Sarr, M., N.K. Maniania, A. Russell-Smith & A. Niassy. 2005. Diversité des termites (Isoptera) au Sénégal et leurs dégâts sur les cultures et périmètres reboisés. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science 25:147-158.
28. Sillam-Dussès, D., E. Sémon, C. Moreau, I. Valterová, J. Šobotník, A. Robert & C. Bordereau. 2005. Neocembrene A, a major component of the trail-following pheromone in the genus Prorhinotermes (Insecta, Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae). Chemoecology 15:1-6.
29. Sillam-Dussès, D., A. Robert, E. Sémon, M. Lacey & C. Bordereau. 2006. Trail-following pheromones and phylogeny in termites. Proceedings XV Congress IUSSI, Washington DC, USA, pp. 100-101.
30. Sillam-Dussès, D., E. Sémon, A. Robert, E. Cancello, M. Lenz, I. Valterová & C. Bordereau. 2010. Identification of complex multi-component trail pheromone blends in the Nasutitermitinae (Termititidae), the most evolutionarily derived termites. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (in press).
31. Sillam-Dussès, D., B. Kalinová, P. Jiros, A. Březinová, J. Cvačka, R. Hanus, J. Šobotník, C. Bordereau & I. Valterová. 2010. Identification by GC-EAD of the two-component trail-following pheromone of Prorhinotermes simplex (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae, Prorhinotermitinae). Journal of Insect Physiology 55:751-757.
32. Traniello J. F. A. 1982. Recruitment and orientation components in a termite trail pheromone. Naturwissenschaften 69:343-345.
33. Traniello, J.F.A. & R.H. Leuthold. 2000. Behavior and ecology of foraging termites. In: Abe T., Bignell D.E. Sc Higashi M. (Eds.), Termites: evolution, sociality, symbioses, ecology. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp. 141-168.
34. Wood, T.G. & M.J. Pearce. 1991. Termites in Africa: the environmental impact of control measures and damage to crops, trees, rangeland and rural buildings. Sociobiology 19:221-234.
35. Wood, T.G. 1991. Termites in Ethiopia: the environmental impact of their damage and resultant control measures. AMBIO 20:136-138