| Title: | Chemical communication in ant-hemipteran mutualism: potential implications for ant invasions |
| Address: | "College of Life Science, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China. College of Life Science, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, PR China. Electronic address: chenli1@hbu.edu.cn" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cois.2021.04.004 |
| Abstract: | "Ant-hemipteran mutualism is one of the most frequently observed food-for-protection associations in nature, and is recently found to contribute to the invasions of several of the most destructive invasive ants. Chemical communication underlies establishment and maintenance of such associations, in which a multitude of semiochemicals, such as pheromones, cuticular hydrocarbons, honeydew sugars and bacteria-produced honeydew volatiles mediate location, recognition, selection, learning of mutualistic partners. Here, we review what is known about the chemical communication between ants and honeydew-producing hemipterans, and discuss how invasive ants can rapidly recognize and establish a mutualistic relationship with the hemipterans with which they have never coevolved. We also highlight some future directions for a clearer understanding of the chemical communication in ant-hemipteran mutualism and its role in ant invasions" |
| Keywords: | Animals Ants/*physiology Communication Hemiptera/*physiology *Introduced Species Pheromones/*metabolism Species Specificity *Symbiosis; |
| Notes: | "MedlineXu, Tian Chen, Li eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Review Netherlands 2021/04/27 Curr Opin Insect Sci. 2021 Jun; 45:121-129. doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2021.04.004. Epub 2021 Apr 24" |
