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Semiochemicals of Amitermes wheeleri, the Wheeler’s desert termite

Phylum:  Arthropoda
Subphylum:  Uniramia
Class:  Insecta
Order:  Isoptera
Family:  Termitidae
Subfamily:  Amitermitinae
Genus:  Amitermes
Tribe:  
Author:  Desneux
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Semiochemical(s):

  Scheffrahn RH  1986  J. Nat. Prod.  49: 699   
    7S-helminthogermacrene    ¦Relative ratio of the component¦   ¦(*) indicates that compound is active¦   Al
¦Category of the chemical signal
A -   Attractant
Al -   Allomone
K -   Kairomone
P -   Pheromone
Sy -   Synomone¦
 
¦Source of the chemical signal
F -   Female
H -   Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -   Lure
M -   Male
M&F -   Male and Female
S -   Solider
Q -   Queen
W -   Worker¦
 
¦Amount
pg -   Picogram
ng -   Nanogram
µg -   Microgram
mg -   Milligram
g -   Gram¦
 
Defense substance 
 
  Scheffrahn RH  1983  J. Chem. Ecol.  9: 1293   
    S,Z-alpha-bisabolene    53 ¦Relative ratio of the component¦   ¦(*) indicates that compound is active¦   Al
¦Category of the chemical signal
A -   Attractant
Al -   Allomone
K -   Kairomone
P -   Pheromone
Sy -   Synomone¦
 
S
¦Source of the chemical signal
F -   Female
H -   Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -   Lure
M -   Male
M&F -   Male and Female
S -   Solider
Q -   Queen
W -   Worker¦
 
¦Amount
pg -   Picogram
ng -   Nanogram
µg -   Microgram
mg -   Milligram
g -   Gram¦
 
Defense substance 
    R-beta-bisabolene    16 ¦Relative ratio of the component¦   ¦(*) indicates that compound is active¦    
¦Source of the chemical signal
F -   Female
H -   Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -   Lure
M -   Male
M&F -   Male and Female
S -   Solider
Q -   Queen
W -   Worker¦
 
¦Amount
pg -   Picogram
ng -   Nanogram
µg -   Microgram
mg -   Milligram
g -   Gram¦
 
 
    Z-alpha-bisabolene    31 ¦Relative ratio of the component¦   ¦(*) indicates that compound is active¦    
¦Source of the chemical signal
F -   Female
H -   Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -   Lure
M -   Male
M&F -   Male and Female
S -   Solider
Q -   Queen
W -   Worker¦
 
¦Amount
pg -   Picogram
ng -   Nanogram
µg -   Microgram
mg -   Milligram
g -   Gram¦
 
 
 

Reference(s):

Scheffrahn, R.H., Sims, J.J., Lee, R.-K., and Rust, M.K. 1986. Helminthogermacrene, a major component in the defensive secretion of the nearctic termite, Amitermes wheeleri. J. Nat. Prod. 49:699-701.
 
Scheffrahn, R.H., Gaston, L.K., Sims, J.J., and Rust, M.K. 1983. Identification of the defensive secretion from soldiers of the North American termite, Amitermes wheeleri (Desneux). J. Chem. Ecol. 9:1293-1305.
 
 
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