Establishment of foraging trail and qualification of trail pheromone by Amitermes evuncifer Silvestri (Isoptera; Termitidae; Termitinae)

1987 ◽  
Vol 8 (03) ◽  
pp. 343-350
Author(s):  
S. L. Omo Malaka
Keyword(s):  
Trail Pheromone ◽  
Foraging Trail ◽  
Amitermes Evuncifer

The trail pheromone of the ant, Lasius fuliginosus: Identification of six components

1975 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 299-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Huwyler ◽  
K. Grob ◽  
M. Viscontini
Keyword(s):  
Trail Pheromone ◽  
Lasius Fuliginosus

scholarly journals Negative feedback in ants: crowding results in less trail pheromone deposition

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (81) ◽  
pp. 20121009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomer J. Czaczkes ◽  
Christoph Grüter ◽  
Francis L. W. Ratnieks
Keyword(s):  
Negative Feedback ◽  
Trail Pheromone ◽  
Distribution Networks ◽  
Feedback Mechanism ◽  
Lasius Niger ◽  
Feedback Signal ◽  
Control Mechanisms ◽  
Negative Feedback Mechanism ◽  
Self Organized ◽  
Fold Reduction

Crowding in human transport networks reduces efficiency. Efficiency can be increased by appropriate control mechanisms, which are often imposed externally. Ant colonies also have distribution networks to feeding sites outside the nest and can experience crowding. However, ants do not have external controllers or leaders. Here, we report a self-organized negative feedback mechanism, based on local information, which downregulates the production of recruitment signals in crowded parts of a network by Lasius niger ants. We controlled crowding by manipulating trail width and the number of ants on a trail, and observed a 5.6-fold reduction in the number of ants depositing trail pheromone from least to most crowded conditions. We also simulated crowding by placing glass beads covered in nest-mate cuticular hydrocarbons on the trail. After 10 bead encounters over 20 cm, forager ants were 45 per cent less likely to deposit pheromone. The mechanism of negative feedback reported here is unusual in that it acts by downregulating the production of a positive feedback signal, rather than by direct inhibition or the production of an inhibitory signal.

Trail pheromone of Kalotermes flavicollis

1989 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. G. Klochkov ◽  
A. N. Pushin
Keyword(s):  
Trail Pheromone

Trail Pheromone

2008 ◽  
pp. 3841-3841
Author(s):  
James E. O’Hara ◽  
Igor UsUpensky ◽  
N. J. Bostanian ◽  
John L. Capinera ◽  
Reg Chapman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Trail Pheromone

scholarly journals Use of the proteomic tool MALDI-TOF MS in termite identification

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bouthaina Hasnaoui ◽  
Adama Zan Diarra ◽  
Jean-Michel Berenger ◽  
Hacène Medkour ◽  
Ahmed Benakhla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ionization Mass ◽  
Laser Desorption Ionization ◽  
Termite Species ◽  
Maldi Tof Ms ◽  
Maldi Tof ◽  
Promising Tool ◽  
Macrotermes Bellicosus ◽  
Amitermes Evuncifer ◽  
Macrotermes Herus ◽  
Tof Ms

AbstractMatrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) has proved effective for the identification of many arthropods. A total of 432 termite specimens were collected in Mali, Cote d’Ivoire, Togo, Senegal, Switzerland and France. Morphologically, 22 species were identified, including Ancistrotermes cavithorax, Amitermes evuncifer, Cryptotermes brevis, Cubitermes orthognathus, Kalotermes flavicollis, Macrotermes bellicosus, Macrotermes herus, Macrotermes ivorensis, Macrotermes subhyalinus, Microcerotermes parvus, Microtermes sp., Odontotermes latericius, Procubitermes sjostedti, Promirotermes holmgreni, Reticulitermes grassei, Reticulitermes lucifugus, Reticulitermes santonensis, Trinervitermes geminatus, Trinervitermes occidentalis, Trinervitermes togoensis, Trinervitermes sp., Trinervitermes trinervoides and Trinervitermes trinervius. Analysis of MALDI-TOF MS spectra profiles from termites revealed that all were of high quality, with intra-species reproducibility and inter-species specificity. Blind testing of the spectra of 389 termites against our updated database with the spectra of 43 specimens of different termite species revealed that all were correctly identified with log score values (LSVs) ranging from 1.65 to 2.851, mean 2.290 ± 0.225, median 2.299, and 98.4% (383) had LSVs > 1.8. This study is the first on the use of MALDI-TOF for termite identification and shows its importance as a tool for arthropod taxonomy and reinforces the idea that MALDI-TOF MS is a promising tool in the field of entomology.

Combined use of a synthetic trail pheromone and insecticidal bait provides effective control of an invasive ant

2011 ◽  
Vol 67 (10) ◽  
pp. 1230-1236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eiriki Sunamura ◽  
Shun Suzuki ◽  
Koji Nishisue ◽  
Hironori Sakamoto ◽  
Megumi Otsuka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Trail Pheromone ◽  
Effective Control ◽  
Invasive Ant ◽  
Combined Use

Identification and behavioral assays of the trail pheromone of the forest tent caterpillar, Malacosoma disstria Hübner (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae)

1993 ◽  
Vol 71 (8) ◽  
pp. 1511-1515 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. D. Fitzgerald ◽  
F. X. Webster
Keyword(s):  
Trail Pheromone ◽  
Malacosoma Disstria ◽  
Forest Tent Caterpillar ◽  
Laboratory Studies ◽  
Malacosoma Americanum ◽  
Eastern Tent Caterpillar ◽  
Highly Sensitive ◽  
True Threshold ◽  
Behavioral Assays ◽  
Tent Caterpillar

Behavioral assays show that the steroid 5β-cholestan-3-one, isolated from the abdomen of the larva of the forest tent caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria), constitutes the chemical basis of trail following in this insect. Caterpillars follow artificial trails prepared from solvent dilutions of the compound at rates as low as 10−11 g∙mm−11 of trail, though the true threshold sensitivity is likely to be one or two orders of magnitude lower than this. Fourth-instar caterpillars store an average of 58 ng of the pheromone. Field and laboratory studies indicate that the compound is fully competitive with their authentic trails. The caterpillars are highly sensitive to differences in the concentration of the pheromone, preferring stronger trails to weaker trails. The caterpillars also respond to 5β-cholestane-3,24-dione, a chemical not found in M. disstria but known to be a component of the trail pheromone of the eastern tent caterpillar, Malacosoma americanum.

Identification of trail pheromone of larva of eastern tent caterpillarMalacosoma americanum (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae)

1987 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 397-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas Crump ◽  
Robert M. Silverstein ◽  
Howard J. Williams ◽  
Terrence D. Fitzgerald
Keyword(s):  
Trail Pheromone

scholarly journals Ants Sense, and Follow, Trail Pheromones of Ant Community Members

Insects ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaime M. Chalissery ◽  
Asim Renyard ◽  
Regine Gries ◽  
Danielle Hoefele ◽  
Santosh Kumar Alamsetti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Trail Pheromone ◽  
Food Sources ◽  
Lasius Niger ◽  
Trail Following ◽  
Harvester Ants ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Trail Pheromones ◽  
Ant Community ◽  
Carpenter Ants ◽  
Electroantennographic Detection

Ants deposit trail pheromones that guide nestmates to food sources. We tested the hypotheses that ant community members (Western carpenter ants, Camponotus modoc; black garden ants, Lasius niger; European fire ants, Myrmica rubra) (1) sense, and follow, each other’s trail pheromones, and (2) fail to recognize trail pheromones of allopatric ants (pavement ants, Tetramorium caespitum; desert harvester ants, Novomessor albisetosus; Argentine ants, Linepithema humilis). In gas chromatographic-electroantennographic detection analyses of a six-species synthetic trail pheromone blend (6-TPB), La. niger, Ca. modoc, and M. rubra sensed the trail pheromones of all community members and unexpectedly that of T. caespitum. Except for La. niger, all species did not recognize the trail pheromones of N. albisetosus and Li. humilis. In bioassays, La. niger workers followed the 6-TPB trail for longer distances than their own trail pheromone, indicating an additive effect of con- and hetero-specific pheromones on trail-following. Moreover, Ca. modoc workers followed the 6-TPB and their own trail pheromones for similar distances, indicating no adverse effects of heterospecific pheromones on trail-following. Our data show that ant community members eavesdrop on each other’s trail pheromones, and that multiple pheromones can be combined in a lure that guides multiple species of pest ants to lethal food baits.

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