Reticulitermes spp

Getty GM, Haverty MI, Copren KA, Lewis VR. Response of Reticulitermes spp. (Isoptera Rhinotermitidae) in northern California to baiting with hexaflumuron with sentricon termite colony elimination system. J. Econ. Entomol. 2000, 93, 1498-1507. 

Besides being used by workers, in some species DTE is also found in alates where it is instead used as a sex pheromone (13,14). Reticulitermes spp. exhibit a calling behavior, where the female raises its abdomen to expose the sternal gland and release the sex pheromone (15,16). However, C. formosanus alates do not show this calling behavior (17). 

Diethyl ether extract of plant and nepeta-lactones have shown in vitro antibacterial and antifungal activities. ° Vapors of nepetalactone have shown repellent activity in 13 families of insects. The essential oil and the two isomers of nepetalactone have shown insect repellent activity to subterranean termites (Reticulitermes spp) and to male German cockroaches Blattella germanica) ,Z-nepe-talactone showed greater repellent activity than DEBT (A,V-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide). ... 

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