Cuticular hydrocarbons termites

Sevela V. L., Bagneres A.-G., Kuenzli M., Blomquist G. J. and Schal C. (2000) Cuticular hydrocarbons of the dampwood termite, Zootermopsis nevadensis caste differences and role of lipophorin in transport of hydrocarbons and hydrocarbon metabolites. J. Chem. Ecol. 26, 765-789. 

Dronnet S., Lohou, C., Christides, J.-P. and Bagneres, A.-G. (2006). Cuticular hydrocarbon composition reflects genetic relationship among colonies of the introduced termite Reticulitermes santonensis Feytaud. J. Chem. Ecol., 32, 1027-1042. 

Howard, R.W., McDaniel, C.A. and Blomquist, G.J. (1978). Cuticular hydrocarbons of the eastern subterranean termite, Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar)... 

McDaniel, C. A. (1990). Cuticular hydrocarbons of the Formosan termite Coptotermes formosanus. Sociobiology, 16, 265-273. 

It is generally accepted that insects synthesize a majority of their cuticular hydrocarbons (Nelson and Blomquist, 1995), although studies have shown that dietary hydrocarbons are incorporated into cuticular lipids (Blomquist and Jackson, 1973a). However, for most species it appears that dietary lipid accounts for very small amounts of insect cuticular hydrocarbon. Some inquilines, which use cuticular hydrocarbons in chemical mimicry, synthesize hydrocarbons with a composition very similar to those of their host termites (Howard et al., 1980 see also Chapter 14). A number of studies with widely diverse insect species have established that the major site of hydrocarbon biosynthesis occurs in the cells... 

The transport of hydrocarbons by social insects can be involved in creating the hydrocarbon signature . Evidence was first obtained in the termite Zootermopsis nevaden-sis (Sevala et al., 2000). Comparison of cuticular lipids with internal and hemolymph hydrocarbons in different castes showed that, as in other species, the content was qualitatively similar. However, quantitative differences were observed between hemolymph and cuticular hydrocarbon profiles. Sevala et al. (2000) showed that hemolymph hydrocarbons were associated with a dimeric high-density lipoprotein (HDLp) lipophorin, similar to those described from other insects (see above). This lipoprotein consisted... 

Blomquist, G.J., Tilman, J. A., Mpuru, S. and Seybold, S. J. (1998). The cuticle and cuticular hydrocarbons of insects Structure, function and biochemistry. In Pheromone Communication in Social Insects. Ants, Wasps, Bees and Termites, ed. R. K. Vander Meer, M. D. Breed, K. E. Espelie and M. L. Winston. New York Westview Press, pp. 34-54. 

Kaib, M., Franke, S., Francke, W. and Brandi, R. (2002). Cuticular hydrocarbons in a termite phenotypes and a neighbour-stranger effect. Physiol. Entomol.,... 

Blomquist, G. J., Howard, R. W. and McDaniel, C. A. (1979). Structure of the cuticular hydrocarbons of the termite Zootermopsis angusticullis (Hagen). Insect Biochem., 9, 365-370. 

Brown, W.V., Watson, J.A.L. and Lacey, M. J. (1996a). A chemotaxonomic survey using cuticular hydrocarbons of some species of the Australian harvester termites genus Drepanotermes (Isoptera Termitidae). Sociobiology, 27, 199-221. 

Copren, K.A., Nelson, L.J., Vargo, E.L. and Haverty, M.I. (2005). Phylogenetic analyses of mtDNA sequences corroborate taxonomic designations based on cuticular hydrocarbons in subterranean termites. Mol. Phyl. Evol., 35, 689-700. 

Delphia, C.M., Copren, K. A. and Haverty, M.I. (2003). Agonistic behavior between individual worker termites from three cuticular hydrocarbon phenotypes of Reticulitermes (Isoptera Rhinotermitidae) from northern California. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am., 96 585-593. 

Haverty, M.I., Collins, M.S., Nelson, L.J. and Thome, B.L. (1997). Cuticular hydrocarbons of the termites of the British Virgin Islands. J. Chem. Ecol.,... 

Kaib, M., Brandi, R. and Bagine, R. K. N. (1991). Cuticular hydrocarbon profiles A valuable tool in termite taxonomy. Naturwissenschaften, 78, 176-179. 

Nelson, L. J., Cool, L.G., Forschler, B.T. and Haverty, M.I. (2001). Correspondence of soldier defense secretion mixtures with cuticular hydrocarbon phenotypes for chemotaxonomy of the termite genus Reticulitermes in North America. J. Chem. Ecol., 21,1449-1479. 

Liebig. J., Eliyahu, D. and Brent, C. S. (2009). Cuticular hydrocarbon profiles indicates reproductive status in the termite Zootermopsis nevedensis. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol., in press. 

Weil, T., Hoffmann, K., Kroiss, J., Strohm, E. and Korb, J. (2009). Scent of a queen -cuticular hydrocarbons specific for female reproductives in lower termites. Naturwissenschaften, 96, 315-319. 

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