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Semiochemicals of Reticulitermes speratus, the Japanese termite

Phylum:  Arthropoda
Subphylum:  Uniramia
Class:  Insecta
Order:  Isoptera
Family:  Heterotermitidae
Subfamily:  Heterotermitinae
Genus:  Reticulitermes
Tribe:  
Author:  Kolbe
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Semiochemical(s):

  Tokoro M  1990  J. Chem. Ecol.  16: 2549   
    Z3Z6E8-12OH    ¦Relative ratio of the component¦   ¦(*) indicates that compound is active¦   P
¦Category of the chemical signal
A -   Attractant
Al -   Allomone
K -   Kairomone
P -   Pheromone
Sy -   Synomone¦
   		W
¦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¦
   		Trail pheromone 
 
  Yamaoka R  1987  J. Chromatogr.  399: 259   
    Z3Z6E8-12OH    ¦Relative ratio of the component¦   ¦(*) indicates that compound is active¦   P
¦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¦
   		Trail pheromone 
 

Reference(s):

Tokoro, M., Yamaoka, R., Hayashiya, K., Takahashi, M., and Nishimoto, K. 1990. Evidence for trail-pheromone precursor in termite Reticulitermes speratus (Kolbe) (Rhinotermitidae: Isoptera). J. Chem. Ecol. 16:2549-2557.
 
Yamaoka, R., Tokoro, M., and Hayashiya, K., 1987. Determination of geometric configuration in minute amounts of highly saturated termite trail pheromone by capillary gas chromatography in combination with mass spectrometry and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. J. Chromatogr. 399:259-267.
 
 
Citation: El-Sayed AM 2008. The Pherobase: Database of Insect Pheromones and Semiochemicals. <http://www.pherobase.net>.
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