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J Chem Ecol

Title:		"Trail-Following Pheromones in the Termite Subfamily Syntermitinae (Blattodea, Termitoidae, Termitidae)"
Author(s):		Sillam-Dusses D; Sobotnik J; Bourguignon T; Wen P; Semon E; Robert A; Cancello EM; Leroy C; Lacey MJ; Bordereau C;
Address:		"Laboratory of Experimental and Comparative Ethology UR 4443, University Sorbonne Paris Nord, Villetaneuse, France. drdavidsd@hotmail.com. Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic. drdavidsd@hotmail.com. Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic. Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic. Okinawa Institute of Science & Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Kunigami-gun, Okinawa, 904-0495, Japan. CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, 650223, Yunnan Province, China. Centre des Sciences du Gout et de l'Alimentation, AgroSup Dijon, CNRS, INRAE, Universite Bourgogne Franche-Comte, Dijon, France. Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences of Paris, Institute of Research for Development - Sorbonne Universites, U 242, Bondy, France. Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo, CP 42391 CEP 04218970, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil. Laboratory of Experimental and Comparative Ethology UR 4443, University Sorbonne Paris Nord, Villetaneuse, France. CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure, G.P.O. Box 1700, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia"
Journal Title:		J Chem Ecol
Year:		2020
Volume:		20200611
Issue:		5-Jun
Page Number:		475 - 482
DOI:		10.1007/s10886-020-01180-8
ISSN/ISBN:		1573-1561 (Electronic) 0098-0331 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Trail-following behavior is a key to ecological success of termites, allowing them to orient themselves between the nesting and foraging sites. This behavior is controlled by specific trail-following pheromones produced by the abdominal sternal gland occurring in all termite species and developmental stages. Trail-following communication has been studied in a broad spectrum of species, but the 'higher' termites (i.e. Termitidae) from the subfamily Syntermitinae remain surprisingly neglected. To fill this gap, we studied the trail-following pheromone in six genera and nine species of Syntermitinae. Our chemical and behavioral experiments showed that (3Z,6Z,8E)-dodeca-3,6,8-trien-1-ol is the single component of the pheromone of all the termite species studied, except for Silvestritermes euamignathus. This species produces both (3Z,6Z)-dodeca-3,6-dien-1-ol and neocembrene, but only (3Z,6Z)-dodeca-3,6-dien-1-ol elicits trail-following behavior. Our results indicate the importance of (3Z,6Z,8E)-dodeca-3,6,8-trien-1-ol, the most widespread communication compound in termites, but also the repeated switches to other common pheromones as exemplified by S. euamignathus"
Keywords:		Animals Isoptera/*physiology Pheromones/*metabolism Dodecadienol Dodecatrienol Isoptera Neocembrene Pheromone parsimony Termite Termitidae;
Notes:		"MedlineSillam-Dusses, David Sobotnik, Jan Bourguignon, Thomas Wen, Ping Semon, Etienne Robert, Alain Cancello, Eliana M Leroy, Chloe Lacey, Michael J Bordereau, Christian eng 3076681/2016-5\0/CNPq/ 20195006/Internal Grant Agency of Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences/ 2020/06/13 J Chem Ecol. 2020 Jun; 46(5-6):475-482. doi: 10.1007/s10886-020-01180-8. Epub 2020 Jun 11"