TY - JOUR
AU1 - Bordereau, C.
AU2 - Cancello, E. M.
AU3 - Sémon, E.
AU4 - Courrent, A.
AU5 - Quennedey, B.
AB -  For the first time, a termite sex pheromone secreted by tergal glands has been isolated and identified. In the mandibulate nasute termite Cornitermes bequaerti, pairing of swarming imagoes is mediated by a sex pheromone secreted by females from their tergal glands. These well developed sexual glands located in front of tergites 8, 9, 10 are essentially composed of class 1 and 2 cells, but also of some glandular units of class 3 cells. The major volatile compound of tergal secretion was isolated by solid phase microextraction (SPME) and identified by GC-MS as (3Z, 6Z, 8E)-dodecatrien-1-ol. Sex attraction bioassays with synthetic (3Z, 6Z, 8E)-dodecatrien-1-ol showed that this alcohol was the main component of the sex pheromone in C.bequaerti. The cellular origin and the key role of (3Z, 6Z, 8E)-dodecatrien-1-ol in the biology of termites are discussed.
TI - Sex pheromone identified after Solid Phase Microextraction from tergal glands of female alates in Cornitermes bequaerti (Isoptera, Nasutitermitinae)
JF - Insectes Sociaux
DO - 10.1007/s00040-002-8303-1
DA - 2002-08-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/sex-pheromone-identified-after-solid-phase-microextraction-from-tergal-Cn1oIHJw3s
SP - 209
EP - 215
VL - 49
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -