Allozymic Relationships among Cuticular Hydrocarbon Phenotypes of Zootermopsis Species (Isoptera: Termopsidae)

Korman, Amy K.; Pashley, Dorothy P.; Haverty, Michael I.; Fage, J.P. La

doi:10.1093/aesa/84.1.1

“…A good match between CHC patterns and either aggression or genetic distance or both has been observed in a number of subterranean termites (e.g., Dronnet et al 2006; see below), a few lower termites, such as Zootermopsis (Haverty and Thorne 1989;Korman et al 1991), and some higher termites, such as Macrotermes (Kaib et al 2002(Kaib et al , 2004. Finally, colony-specific CHC patterns have been observed to be transmitted via termite feces, which may therefore potentially serve as a signal source in some termites (Lewis et al 2010).…”

Section: Chemical Cues Involved In Nestmate Recognitionmentioning

confidence: 88%

“…This finding, which dates back to late 1970s and early 1980s (Howard et al 1978;Blomquist et al 1979) has paved the way for CHC analysis to be used to identify cryptic species and to be employed in studies on the biogeography of populations and species, including termites (reviewed in Bagnères and Wicker-Thomas 2010). In addition to the extensive use of CHCs as taxonomic markers in subterranean termites (see below), CHC analysis has also been used to distinguish among species of lower termites, such as Zootermopsis (Haverty et al 1988;Korman et al 1991), Glyptotermes (Takematsu and Yamaoka 1997), and Cryptotermes and Incisitermes , as well as among species of higher termites, such as Nasutitermes (Howard et al 1988), Odontotermes (Bagine et al 1990; Thorne and Page 1990;Kaib et al 1991), Macrotermes (Bagine et al 1994), and Drepanotermes (Brown et al 1996a), among others. Using CHCs to distinguish species has some limitations; for instance, within Macrotermes, dramatic differences in CHC phenotypes do not necessarily translate into differences in species identity (Kaib et al 2002;Marten et al 2009).…”

Section: Chemical Cues Involved In Nestmate Recognitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Communication and Social Regulation in Termites

Bagnères

¹

,

Hanus

²

2015

Social Recognition in Invertebrates

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Communication and social regulation are among the distinguishing features of termites: they are part of all basic aspects of termite biology, from ontogeny and caste differentiation to social behavior and cooperation. As in other highly social taxa, communication in termites predominantly relies on a complex network of chemical signals, which are complemented by vibration-based signals. In contrast to other social taxa, the role of visual cues is negligible. In this chapter, we review the recent literature on the different components that make up termite communication and social regulation systems by tracing termite evolution and examining the role played by different factors, such as sex and caste, and different behaviors, such as those related to defense, nestmate recognition, egg and brood care, foraging, and nest building, among others. The main characteristics of termites are compared to those of other social insects in the introduction. In the first section, we review the most important researches on termite communication and social regulation that are related to social activities in the basal phylogenetic lineages, and in the Termitidae (higher termites), the most advanced and diversified family. The abundant literature on the best studied genera, Reticulitermes, Coptotermes, and Heterotermes, which are considered for the purposes of this chapter to be intermediate termites, is reviewed and discussed separately in the second section. By using this approach, we seek to describe communication and social regulation systems in basal and primitive termites and illustrate how they have evolved to become more complex in intermediate and higher termites.

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“…A good match between CHC patterns and either aggression or genetic distance or both has been observed in a number of subterranean termites (e.g., Dronnet et al 2006; see below), a few lower termites, such as Zootermopsis (Haverty and Thorne 1989;Korman et al 1991), and some higher termites, such as Macrotermes (Kaib et al 2002(Kaib et al , 2004. Finally, colony-specific CHC patterns have been observed to be transmitted via termite feces, which may therefore potentially serve as a signal source in some termites (Lewis et al 2010).…”

Section: Chemical Cues Involved In Nestmate Recognitionmentioning

confidence: 86%

“…This finding, which dates back to late 1970s and early 1980s (Howard et al 1978;Blomquist et al 1979) has paved the way for CHC analysis to be used to identify cryptic species and to be employed in studies on the biogeography of populations and species, including termites (reviewed in Bagnères and Wicker-Thomas 2010). In addition to the extensive use of CHCs as taxonomic markers in subterranean termites (see below), CHC analysis has also been used to distinguish among species of lower termites, such as Zootermopsis (Haverty et al 1988;Korman et al 1991), Glyptotermes (Takematsu and Yamaoka 1997), and Cryptotermes and Incisitermes , as well as among species of higher termites, such as Nasutitermes (Howard et al 1988), Odontotermes (Bagine et al 1990; Thorne and Page 1990;Kaib et al 1991), Macrotermes (Bagine et al 1994), and Drepanotermes (Brown et al 1996a), among others. Using CHCs to distinguish species has some limitations; for instance, within Macrotermes, dramatic differences in CHC phenotypes do not necessarily translate into differences in species identity (Kaib et al 2002;Marten et al 2009).…”

Section: Chemical Cues Involved In Nestmate Recognitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Recognition in Invertebrates

Aquiloni¹,

Tricarico²

2015

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“…(Javan et al, 2012), Silva genus (Garriga et al, 2013), for indexing blueberry cultivars (Berezovskaia et al, 2003), Ipomoea species (Moulin et al, 2012), Bombinae species (Liu and Wendel, 2001), Apis mellifera species and their breeding colonies (Al-Otaibi, 2008), Cotton cultivars (Bornet, 2002), and Brassica oleracea species (Korman, 1991). These, and many other species whose inter-and intraspecific banding pattern can be easily examined using ISSR markers, can be effectively used for research on breeding, diversity study, detecting polymorphism and identifying similarities between and within the species.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Intra and inter specific genetic divergence of termites species based on ISSR markers and 28S rDNA sequences

Harini¹,

Pranesh²

2018

Int. J. Biodivers. Conserv.

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The comprehensive analysis of five identified and two unknown termite species with their binary scores of three markers viz., morphological, ISSR scoring and 28s rDNA sequence has been made to reveal in unweighted pair group method with arithmetic mean (UPGMA) cluster that Trinervitermes biformis (Wasmann) is out grouped with 35.7% of dissimilarity with other species; Odontotermes obesus (Rambur) and Odontotermes redemanni (Wasmann) share same cluster with 32.7% of dissimilarity; similarly Odontotermes ceylonicus (Wasmann) and Odontotermes horni (Wasmann) share a maximum of 32.5% of dissimilarity. The UNKNOWN01 had more similarity with O. obesus (Rambur) and O. obesus (Rambur) in turn showed high similarity with that of O. redemanni (Wasmann). UNKNOWN02 was found along with O. ceylonicus (Wasmann) and O. horni (Wasmann). The study imparts cumulative or comprehensive analysis using different markers such as morphological, ISSR and nuclear genes like 28s rDNA that depict accurate measures of genetic diversity among different species of termites.

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Allozymic Relationships among Cuticular Hydrocarbon Phenotypes of Zootermopsis Species (Isoptera: Termopsidae)

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Communication and Social Regulation in Termites

Communication and Social Regulation in Termites

Social Recognition in Invertebrates

Intra and inter specific genetic divergence of termites species based on ISSR markers and 28S rDNA sequences

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