TERMITE PREDATION BY MEGAPONERA-FOETENS (FAB) (HYMENOPTERA, FORMICIDAE) - COORDINATION OF RAIDS BY GLANDULAR SECRETIONS

被引：32

作者：

LONGHURST, C ^{[1
]}

BAKER, R ^{[1
]}

HOWSE, PE ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UNIV SOUTHAMPTON, DEPT CHEM, CHEM ENTOMOL UNIT, SOUTHAMPTON SO9 5NH, HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND

来源：

JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY | 1979年 / 5卷 / 05期

关键词：

chemical coordination; dimethyl disulfide; Formicidae; Hymenoptera; mandibular gland; Megaponera foetens; termite predation;

D O I：

10.1007/BF00986555

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];

学科分类号：

071010 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

Termite predation by the ponerine ant, Megaponera foetens, is coordinated by chemicals from at least two glands. Columns of ants are guided to termite foraging areas by pheromones originating from the poison apparatus. On finding groups of termites, ants release alkyl sulfides (dimethyl disulfide and trisulfide) from their mandibular glands which attract sister workers who dig, into the termite galleries, in response to other unidentified mandibular gland pheromones. © 1979 Plenum Publishing Corporation.

引用

页码：703 / 719

页数：17

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