Roles of cuticular hydrocarbons in intra-and interspecific recognition behavior of two rhinotermitidae species.
Soldiers of two termite species.Reticulitermes speratus andCoptotermes formosanus, showed aggressive behavior toward workers of other species. Soldiers always exhibited aggressive behavior to a conspecific worker treated with heterospecific cuticular hydrocarbons. A bioassay using live workers to test contact chemical cues was developed.
Pesticide Research Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, 606, Kyoto, Japan.
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