Chemistry and Anatomy of the Frontal Gland in Soldiers of the Sand Termite Psammotermes hybostoma

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 557-565

  Krasulová, Jana ^a,b   Hanus, Robert ^a,c   Kutalová, Kateřina ^a,b   Šobotník, Jan ^a   Sillam Dussès, David ^a,d   Tichý, Michal ^a   Valterová, Irena ^a  

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

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

Author keywords

Chemical defense; Frontal gland of soldiers; Psammotermes hybostoma; Rhinotermitidae; Sesquiterpenes; Termites

Indexed keywords

SESQUITERPENE;

ANATOMY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; COLONY; DISPERSAL; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SOLDIER CASTE; TAXONOMY; TERMITE; TERPENE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EGYPT; HISTOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISOPTERA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; EGYPT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOPTERA; SESQUITERPENES;

EGYPT;

ISOPTERA; PSAMMOTERMES; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 84861343541     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-012-0123-9     Document Type: Article

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