Queen-specific volatile in a higher termite Nasutitermes takasagoensis (Isoptera: Termitidae)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 962-965

  Himuro, Chihiro ^a   Yokoi, Tomoyuki ^a   Matsuura, Kenji ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eusocial insect; Higher termite; Phenylethanol; Queen pheromone; Semiochemical

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ALCOHOL; BIOGENIC EMISSION; CASTE SYSTEM; EUSOCIALITY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHEROMONE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUEEN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TERMITE; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; ISOPTERA; JAPAN; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; ISOPTERA; JAPAN; PHEROMONES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

JAPAN;

HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; NASUTITERMES TAKASAGOENSIS; RETICULITERMES SPERATUS; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 79959882022     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.04.012     Document Type: Article

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