Amitermes evuncifer

The principal component of the defensive secretion of the termite soldiers Ancistrotermes cavithorax has been shown by spectroscopic methods and synthesis to be ancistrofuran (28). Further studies on the components of the defence secretion of the West African termite species Amitermes evuncifer have revealed the presence of the two bicyclic ethers (29) and (30) together with the... 

Wadhan, L.J., R. Baker, and P.E. Howse 4,11-Epoxy-cis-eudesmane, a Novel Oxygenated Sesquiterpene in the Frontal Gland Secretion of the Termite Amitermes evuncifer (Silvestri). Tetrahedron Lett. 1697-1700 (1974). 

Wadhams, L. J., Baker, R. and Howse, P. E. (1974) 4,ll-Epoxy-c/5-eudesmane, anovel oxygenated sesquiterpene in the frontal gland secretion of the termite Amitermes evuncifer. Tetrahedron Letters, 1697-1700. 

In the second category are also Macrotermes subhyalinus and Ami-termes species. Soldiers of M. subhyalinus emit a secretion composed primarily of a mixture of long chain saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons (161-166) (510). Chemical defensive secretions isolated from the soldiers of the genus Amitermes vary widely, making them of little value for interspecific systematic comparison (546). A. unidentatus produces a mixture of four 2-ketones with 12, 14, 16 and 18 carbon atoms (167-170) while A.messinae secretes limonene(25) and 4,11-epoxy-cw-eudesmene (171) (545). A.evuncifer also produces 4,11-... 

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