Alarm Pheromone of Lasius (Dendrolasius) spathepus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and Its Possible Mimicry by Two Species of Pella (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
Alarm Pheromone of Lasius (Dendrolasius) spathepus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and Its Possible Mimicry by Two Species of Pella (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
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Lasius (Dendrolasius) spathepus (膜翅目: 蚁科) 的警报信息素及其两种皮拉 (鞘翅目: Staphylinidae) 可能的拟态
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1971
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M. Blum
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D. H. Kistner;M. Blum
经鉴定，spathepus （Wheeler）的报警信息素为香茅素。这种信息素来自蚂蚁的头部，可能是在下颌腺中产生的。本文讨论了在下颌腺中产生的天然产物。
The alarm pheromone of Lasius (Dendrolasius) spathepus (Wheeler) was identified as citronellal. This pheromone was shown to come from the head of the ant and is probably produced in the mandibular glands. The natural products produced in the mandibular glands of species in the genus Lasius are discussed.
A substance, producing the same kind of alarm reaction in the ants, was produced by at least 1 species of myrmecophile, Pella japonicus (Sharp) and possibly by another, P. comes (Sharp). Ethanolic extracts of this substance also produced the identical alarm reaction. Moreover the substance from the myrmecophiles smelled the same as the substance from the ants. For these reasons, it is believed that this substance (probably from the tergal gland of the beetle) is an example of chemical mimicry wherein the myrmecophiles use the alarm reaction to elude their hosts under conditions of unusual ant excitement.