| Autor: |
Gush, Thomas J., Bentley, Barbara L., Prestwich, Glenn D., Thorne, Barbara L. |
| Zdroj: |
Biochemical Systematics and Ecology; January 1985, Vol. 13 Issue: 3 p329-336, 8p |
| Abstrakt: |
Nineteen monoterpenes and 13 diterpenes were distinguished in soldier defensive secretions of four species of Nasutitermes. Samples of N. columbicus, N. corniger, N. ephrataeand N. nigricepswere collected in Costa Rica and Panama. Interspecifically, these species can be differentiated by monoterpenes, which exhibit a complex pattern. Intraspecifically, there is detectable variation in monoterpenes and diterpenes, each of which allows discrimination of four populations of N. corniger. Similarity between two Pacific populations of N. cornigerfrom different environments, a tropical dry forest and a rainforest, suggests there is no climatic influence on chemical compositions of defensive secretions. In addition, results from Costa Rica provide evidence that the Atlantic population of N. cornigeris derived from Pacific populations. |
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