Trail pheromone of the Pharaoh's ant, : isolation and identification of faranal, a terpenoid related to juvenile hormone II

Ritter, F. J.; Brüggemann-Rotgans, I.E.M.; Verwiel, P. E. J.; Persoons, C. J.; Talman, Eduard G.

doi:10.1016/s0040-4039(01)83835-1

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“…This was fully confirmed by double irradiation experiments. Consequently, compound F possess a conjugated diene, which should be located either in the A14, 16 (Table 1) and by extensive double irradiation experiments.…”

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Long chain electrophilic contact poisons from the Dufour's gland of the ant Crematogasterscutellaris (Hymenoptera, Myrmicinae)

Daloze¹,

Braekman²,

Vanhecke³

et al. 1987

Can. J. Chem.

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. Can. J. Chem. 65,432 (1987). The Dufour's gland secretion of C. scutellaris contains a series of C23 long chain derivatives characterized by the presence of a cross-conjugated dienone linked to either a primary acetate, an aldehyde, or a carboxylic acid function. These compounds further differ from each other by the degree of unsaturation and (or) the position of an isolated double bond in the carbon atom chain. A combination of spectroscopic data and chemical degradations led to structures la-c, 2a-c, and 5a-c for the major components of the secretion. The highly electrophilic character of these compounds accounts for their efficiency as contact poisons.

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“…In addition, some ant species utilize trace components of the Dufour's gland secretion as trail pheromone (e.g., the sesquiterpenoid aldehyde faranal in Monomorium pharaonis (16) and farnesene derivatives in several Solenopsis species (1 1-13)).…”

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Long chain electrophilic contact poisons from the Dufour's gland of the ant Crematogasterscutellaris (Hymenoptera, Myrmicinae)

Daloze¹,

Braekman²,

Vanhecke³

et al. 1987

Can. J. Chem.

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“…The functions of Dufour secretions are diverse and only fragmentarily understood but when experiments have been conducted, they revealed to act as semiochemicals rather than noxious secretions used for predation or colony defense (Billen & Morgan, 1998;Morgan, 2008). In some species, they can be the medium for the trail pheromone (Ritter et al, 1977;Vander Meer et al, 1981, 1988Alvarez et al, 1987), or used to mark a territory or delimit a home range (Attygalle et al, 1983a,b). In others, the Dufour gland can be the source of alarm and/ or propaganda substances (Daloze et al, 1991;Ruano et al, 2005).…”

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Chemotaxonomic Analysis of the Venom Composition within the Ant Genus Strumigenys (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Taiwan

Chien

Lin

2015

Sociobiology

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In Taiwan, the ant genus Strumigenys is represented by 13 species, nine of which being endemic to this island. Classic morphological taxonomy can be complex and may lead to equivoque identification within this group. To clarify subtle species assignments, we investigated the venom composition of five Strumigenys species, using SPME extraction and GC/MS analyses, and searched for a suitable chemical marker. Our results indicate that three out of the five species tested showed enough specificity in their chemical profiles to allow clear differentiation. However, the two remaining species could not be distinguished from each other on the basis of their venom composition. We further assessed the phylogenetic relationships between the five species, analyzing both morphological and chemical characters. Our clusters revealed congruency between some species associations and suggested that the analysis of venom composition may apply, at least partially, to Strumigenys chemosystematics. However, important discrepancies also appeared, signifying that selective pressures for chemical diversification have operated differentially during the speciation and dispersal processes within this genus inTaiwan.

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“…Moreover, faranal is known as the trail pheromone of Pharaoh's ant, Monomorium pharaonis [19][20][21][22], and volatile components, such as geranial and neral, are specified as hair pencil pheromones of the Queen Butterfly [23][24][25].…”

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Insect pheromone-like activity of several isoprenoids against <i>Phyllonorycter ringoniella</i> (Matsumura)

Nagaki

Miyata

Musashi

et al. 2009

Trans. Mat. Res. Soc. Japan

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We field-assayed the pheromone-like activity of farnesol and its homologs epoxygeraniol and epoxyfarnesol to the apple leafminer moth, Phyllonorycter ringoniella. Results showed significant capture of apple leafminer moths at several time points for the epoxyfarnesol trap, but no such capture with the epoxygeraniol, farnesol, or ethanol traps. These findings suggest the possible use of epoxyfarnesol as an integrated control agent.

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Trail pheromone of the Pharaoh's ant, : isolation and identification of faranal, a terpenoid related to juvenile hormone II

Cited by 82 publications

References 2 publications

Long chain electrophilic contact poisons from the Dufour's gland of the ant Crematogasterscutellaris (Hymenoptera, Myrmicinae)

Long chain electrophilic contact poisons from the Dufour's gland of the ant Crematogasterscutellaris (Hymenoptera, Myrmicinae)

Chemotaxonomic Analysis of the Venom Composition within the Ant Genus Strumigenys (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Taiwan

Insect pheromone-like activity of several isoprenoids against <i>Phyllonorycter ringoniella</i> (Matsumura)

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