Chemical composition and chemotaxonomy of Nasutitermes spp. defensive secretion from Brazilian Cerrado for the differentiation of species

Abstract

Nasutitermes spp. soldier defensive secretion has a toxic and repellent effect against predators. Chemical profile characterization of this secretion is an interesting tool to differentiate similar termite species. This study aimed to determine defensiveThe same letter in the row has no difference p>0.05 KI=Kovats Index; -Not detected;