Detection of a humidity difference by antennae in the termite coptotermesformosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 255-270

  Yanagawa, Aya ^a,d   Yoshimura, Tsuyoshi ^a   Yanagawa, Takashi ^b   Yokohari, Fumio ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antennae; Coptotermes formosanus shiraki; Electroantennogram; Hygroreceptive sensillum; Water detection

Indexed keywords

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 77954969162     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Altner, H. & L. Prillinger 1980. Ultrastructure of invertebrate chemo-, thermo-, and hygroreceptors and its functional significance. Int. Rev. Cytoi. 67: 69-139.
2. Costa-Leonardo, A. M. & H.X. Soares 1997. Morphological aspects of neotropical termite antenna under scanning microscopy. Revta. bras. Ent. 41: 47-52.
3. Grube, S. & D. Rudolph 1999. The labial gland reservoirs (water sacs) in Reticulitermes santonensis (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae): Studies of the functional aspects during microclimatic moisture regulation and individual water balance. Sociobiology 33(3): 307-323.
4. Japan Wood Preserving Association 2004 JWPS-TB-1 in Draft Guidelines No. 3 assigned by Japan Wood Preserving Association for Japanese Industrial Standard, Tokyo Japan. (in Japanese)
5. Keil, T. 1997. Functional morphology of insect mechanoreceptors. Microsc. Res. Tech. 39: 506-531.
6. Kulis J., A.S. Sajap & C.Y. Loong 2008. Effect of moisture and relative humidity on survival and feeding activity of the Asian subterranean termite, Coptotermes gestroi (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Sociobiology 52 (3) 579-587.
7. Mburu, D.M., L. Ochola, N.K. Maniania, P.G.N. Njagi, L.M. Gitonga, M.W. Ndung'u, A.K. Wanjoya & A. Hassanali 2009. Relationship between virulence and repellency of Entomopathogenic isolates of Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana to the termite Macrotermes michaelseni. J. Insect Physiol. 55: 774-780.
8. McManamy, K., P.G. Koehler, D.D. Branscome & R.M. Pereira 2008. Wood moisture content affects the survival of Eastern subterranean termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), under saturated relative humidity conditions. Sociobiology 52(1): 145-156.
9. Merivee, E., M. Rahi & A. Luik 1999. Antennal sensilla of the click beetle, Melanotus villosus (Geffroy) (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Int. J. Insect Morphol. 28: 41-51.
10. Mulrooney,J .E., T.L. Wagner, T.G. Shelton, C.J. Peterson & P.D. Gerarad 2007. Historical review of termite activity at Forest Service termiticide test sites from 1971 to 2004. J. Econ. Entomol. 100 (2): 488-494.
11. Nakayama, T., T. Yoshimura & Y. Imamura2005. Feedingactivities of Coptotermesformosanus Shiraki and Reticulitermes speratus (Kolbe) as affected by moisture content of wood. J. Wood Sci. 51 60-65.
12. Nishikawa, M., F. Yokohari & T Ishibashi 1995. Central projections of the antennal cold receptor neurons and hygroreceptor neurons of the cockroach Periplaneta americana. J. Comp. Neurol. 361: 165-176.
13. Nishino, H., M. Nishikawa, F. Yokoahari & M. Mizunami 2005. Dual, multilayered somatosensory maps formed by antennal tactile and contact chemosensory afferents in an insect brain J. Comp. Neurol. 493: 291-308.
14. Prestage, J. J., E. H. Slifer & L. B. Stephens 1963. Thin-walled sensory pegs on the antenna of the termite worker, Reticulitermes flavipes. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 56: 874-878.
15. 2 release and water loss in alates of the Eastern subterranean termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 94(3): 421-426.
16. Steinbrecht, R.A. 1997. Pore structures in insect olfactory sensilla: A review of data and concepts. Int. J. Insect Morphol. Embryol. 26 (3/4):229-247.
17. Yamano, K. 2000. Damage, detection and prevention. In: Kei Morimoto (Ed.), Termite and Termite Control 2000. The Japan Termite Control Association, Tokyo, pp. 127-140. (in Japanese)
18. Yamazaki, T. & T Narahashi 1959. The effects of potassium and sodium ions on the resting and action potentials of the cockroach giant axon. J. Insect Physiol. 3: 146-158.
19. Yanagawa, A., S. Shimizu, K. Noma, M. Nishikawa, K. Ogino & F. Yokohari 2009a. Classification and distribution of antennal sensilla of the termite, Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Sociobiology 54(2): 327-349.
20. Yanagawa, A., F. Yokohari & S. Shimizu 2009b. The role of antennae in removing entomopathogenic fungi from cuticle of the termite, Coptotermes formosanus. J. Insect Sci. (9): Article 6.
21. Yanagawa, A., F. Yokohari & S. Shimizu. Influence of fungal odor on grooming behavior of the termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki J. Insect Sci. (In press).
22. Yokohari, F. 1999. Chapter VII Hygro- and Thermoreceptors. Eds: E. Eguch and Y. Tominaga. Atlas of Arthropod Sensory Receptors, Springer, Tokyo, pp191-210.
23. Ziesmann, J. 1996. The physiology of an olfactory sensillum of the termite Schedorhinotermes lamanianus: carbon dioxide as a modulator of olfactory sensitivity. J. Comp. Physiol. 179:123-133.