Amitermes messinae

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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