Trail Pheromone of Myrmicine Ant Pristomyrmex pungens

Janssen, Edelgard; Hölldobler, Bert; Kern, F.; Bestmann, Hans Jürgen; Tsuji, Kazuki

doi:10.1023/b:joec.0000006386.14952.d7

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“…Both workers and mated and virgin queens also contain, in the same gland, long-chain esters of 4-methyl-3-heptanol, which will have the effect of reducing the volatility of 4-methyl-3heptanol ( Maile et al , 2000 ). The same compound 19 has been identified in the venom gland of another species, at present identified as Leptogenys species 5 ( Janssen et al , 1997b ). However, in another species, Leptogenys peuqueti , a quite different situation was encountered.…”

Section: Venom Glandmentioning

confidence: 61%

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Trail pheromones of ants

Morgan

2009

Physiological Entomology

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. The study of trail laying, recruitment of workers and trail-following by worker ants comprises a co-operative study of entomologists and chemists that has resulted in the identification of the chemical nature of such pheromones in many species of five subfamilies of ants. These pheromones may comprise a single compound or, in one exceptional case, a blend of as many as 14 compounds, they may come from a single gland, or in some cases, a combination of two glands. They may be peculiar to a single species or may be shared by a number of species. They exist in the glandular secretion in nanogram to picogram quantities and are detected by workers in minute amounts on a trail. The present state of knowledge of these pheromones and their chemical structures is reviewed. Suitable bioassays and odour perception are discussed and the stereobiology of a few examples is considered.

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Section: Venom Glandmentioning

confidence: 61%

“…In trail‐following tests, and electroantennography (EAG) tests, 38 is the pheromone. The monoterpenes were inactive and, when added to 38 , had little additional effect (Janssen et al , 1997b).…”

Section: Venom Glandmentioning

confidence: 99%

Trail pheromones of ants

Morgan

2009

Physiological Entomology

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“…(+)-a-Pinene is an alarm pheromone for the termite, Nasutitermes princeps (Desneux) (Isoptera: Termitidae) (Roisin et al 1990). Excreted by poison gland of the ant, Pristomyrmex pungens Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), and may have a role the trail pheromone (Janssen et al 1997). Part of the sex pheromone of the olive fruit fly, Dacus oleae (Gmelin) (Diptera: Tephritidae) (Mazomenos & Haniotakis, 1985).…”

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“…Component (E)-ocimene in a tritrophic plant-herbivore-predator interaction; plant-released volatile from lima bean, Phaseolus lumatus, leaves infested with the spider mite, Tetranychus urticae, that is attractive to predatory mites Phytoseiulus persimillis (Dicke et al 1990). (Janssen et al 1997). Present in volatiles of numerous conifers (various references in this paper).…”

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A survey of antennal responses by five species of coniferophagous bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) to bark volatiles of six species of angiosperm trees

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Borden³

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Chemoecology

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“…However, these authors gave information about the proportion of each compound represented in the blend and not the absolute values. Janssen et al (1997) found that β-pinene occurs only in picogram quantities at foraging trails of P. pungens and is a major component of monoterpene secretions from the poison gland of this species. In leaf cutting ants, when a foraging trail is made by dribbling volatile trail pheromone, only 40 pg/μl-0.4 ng/μl is necessary to trigger trailfollowing activity (Riley et al 1974).…”

Section: Ants and Aphids As Sources Of Vocsmentioning

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Changes in Monoterpene Emission Rates of Quercus ilex Infested by Aphids Tended by Native or Invasive Lasius Ant Species

2010

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The emission of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) depends on temperature and light. Other factors such as insect herbivory also may modify VOC emission. In particular, aphid feeding promotes the release of new compounds and changes the composition of plant volatile blends. Given that some aphids are tended by ants, we investigated whether ants change the emission of VOCs indirectly through attendance on aphids. The effect of Lachnus roboris aphids and two different tending ant species on terpene emission rates of 4-year-old holm oak (Quercus ilex) saplings was investigated during a field experiment. There were five treatments: saplings alone (T1), saplings infested with L. roboris aphids (T2), saplings infested with aphids tended by the local ant Lasius grandis (T3), those tended by small colonies of the invasive ant Lasius neglectus (T4), and those tended by large colonies of the same invasive ant species (T5). The infestation by L. roboris elicited the emission of Δ 3 -carene and increased the emission of myrcene and γ-terpinene. Terpene emissions were modified depending on the tending ant species. Attendance by the local ant L. grandis increased α and β-pinene and sabinene. Attendance by the invasive ant L. neglectus only decreased significantly the emission of myrcene, one of the major compounds of the Q. ilex blend. Aphid abundance decreased with time for all treatments, but there was no difference in aphid abundance among treatments. Total terpene emission rates were not correlated with aphid abundance. These results highlight that aphids and tending ants may change terpene emission rates, depending on the ant species.

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Trail Pheromone of Myrmicine Ant Pristomyrmex pungens

Cited by 14 publications

References 11 publications

Trail pheromones of ants

Trail pheromones of ants

A survey of antennal responses by five species of coniferophagous bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) to bark volatiles of six species of angiosperm trees

Changes in Monoterpene Emission Rates of Quercus ilex Infested by Aphids Tended by Native or Invasive Lasius Ant Species

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