@article{PAR00005972,
  title = {{S}ex pheromones and trail-following pheromone in the basal termites {Z}ootermopsis nevadensis ({H}agen) and {Z}-angusticollis ({H}agen) ({I}soptera : {T}ermopsidae : {T}ermopsinae)},
  author = {{B}ordereau, {C}. and {L}acey, {M}.{J}. and {S}emon, {E}. and {B}raekman, {J}.{C}. and {G}hostin, {J}. and {R}obert, {A}lain and {S}herman, {J}. {S}. and {S}illam-{D}uss{\`e}s, {D}avid},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}n the context of an evolutionary study of the chemical communication in termites, sex pheromones and trail-following pheromones were investigated in two {T}ermopsidae, {Z}ootermopsis nevadensis and {Z}. angusticollis. {I}n these species, in which the presence of sex-specific pheromones has been demonstrated previously, the chemical structure of the female sex pheromone has now been identified as (5{E})-2,6,10-trimethylundeca-5,9-dienal and the male sex pheromone as (+)- or (-)-syn-4,6-dimethyldodecanal. {T}he amount of sex pheromone was estimated at 5-10 ng per individual in females and 2-5 ng in males. {B}ecause these two sympatric species do not differ in their pheromonal chemical composition, reproductive isolation is probably mediated chiefly by differences in dispersal flight chronology. {T}he trail-following pheromone was shown to be composed of the same compound as the male sex pheromone, that is syn-4,6-dimethyldodecanal. {T}he compound syn-4,6-dimethyldodecanal was 10 times more active than the racemic (+/-)-syn + (+/-)-anti-4,6-dimethyldodecanal in eliciting trail-following. {T}he amount of syn-4,6-dimethyldodecanal was estimated at 0.1-0.5 ng per pseudergate. {R}egarding the phylogenetic aspects, the nature of the female sex pheromone of {Z}ootermopsis is structurally akin to the trail-following pheromone of {M}astotermes darwiniensis of {M}astotermitidae and {P}orotermes adamsoni and {S}tolotermes victoriensis of {T}ermopsidae. {I}nterestingly, the nature of the trail-following pheromone of the {T}ermopsinae {Z}ootermopsis is clearly different from that of the {P}orotermitinae {P}. adamsoni and the {S}tolotermitinae {S}. victoriensis, which mirrors recent molecular data on the paraphyly of {T}ermopsidae.},
  keywords = {chemical communication ; dampwood termite ; dimethyldodecanal ; phylogeny ; solid phase microextraction ; trimethylundecadienal},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{B}iological {J}ournal of the {L}innean {S}ociety},
  volume = {100},
  numero = {3},
  pages = {519--530},
  ISSN = {0024-4066},
  year = {2010},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00005972},
}