Alarm pheromone processing in the ant brain: an evolutionary perspective [PDF]
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2010 Social insects exhibit sophisticated communication by means of pheromones, one example of which is the use of alarm pheromones to alert nestmates for colony defense. We review recent advances in the understanding of the processing of alarm pheromone information in the ant brain.
Mizunami, Makoto +2 more
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The Ant Who Cried Wolf? Short-Term Repeated Exposure to Alarm Pheromone Reduces Behavioral Response in Argentine Ants. [PDF]
Insects, 2020 In this study we test whether Argentine ants (Linepithema humile) progressively reduce their response to a salient stimulus (alarm pheromone) with increased exposure over time.
Maccaro JJ, Whyte BA, Tsutsui ND.
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Honey Bee Alarm Pheromone Mediates Communication in Plant-Pollinator-Predator Interactions. [PDF]
Insects, 2019 Honey bees play a crucial role in pollination, and in performing this critical function, face numerous threats from predators and parasites during foraging and homing trips.
Wang Z, Tan K.
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Colonial signature of the alarm pheromone and chemical differences between hornet workers. [PDF]
PLoS OneThe social organisation of eusocial insects is based on an effective communication system in which pheromones play a central role. Among these chemical compounds, the alarm pheromone is an essential component of colonial survival by inducing nestmates ...
Haouzi M +6 more
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Antenna Cleaning Is Essential for Precise Behavioral Response to Alarm Pheromone and Nestmate-Non-Nestmate Discrimination in Japanese Carpenter Ants (Camponotus japonicus). [PDF]
Insects, 2021 Self-grooming of the antennae is frequently observed in ants. This antennal maintenance behavior is presumed to be essential for effective chemical communication but, to our knowledge, this has not yet been well studied.
Mizutani H +7 more
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Alarm Pheromone Responses Depend on Genotype, but Not on the Presence of Facultative Endosymbionts in the Pea Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum. [PDF]
Insects, 2021 Aphids use an alarm pheromone, E-β farnesene (EBF), to warn conspecifics of potential danger. The antennal sensitivity and behavioural escape responses to EBF can be influenced by different factors.
Badji CA +6 more
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Olfactory Reception of Host Alarm Pheromone Component by the Odorant-Binding Proteins in the Samurai Wasp, Trissolcus japonicus (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae). [PDF]
Front Physiol, 2020 The samurai wasp, Trissolcus japonicus, is the predominant egg parasitoid of the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys, in its native range in China. (E)-2-Decenal is a major component of the alarm pheromone of H.
Zhang J +6 more
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Kairomonal Effect of Aphid Alarm Pheromones and Analogs on the Parasitoid Diaeretiella rapae
Insects, 2022 Aphid alarm pheromones, as important semiochemicals, not only mediate behavioral response of aphids, but can also act as kairomones to attract their natural enemies.
Yaoguo Qin, Shangyang Zhang, Zhengxi Li
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Host plants and obligate endosymbionts are not the sources for biosynthesis of the aphid alarm pheromone. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2017 (E)-β-farnesene (EβF) is the major component of the alarm pheromone of many aphid species, but where EβF is synthesized in aphids is only partly understood.
Sun ZJ, Li ZX.
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Honeybee communication during collective defence is shaped by predation
BMC Biology, 2021 Background Social insect colonies routinely face large vertebrate predators, against which they need to mount a collective defence. To do so, honeybees use an alarm pheromone that recruits nearby bees into mass stinging of the perceived threat.
Andrea López-Incera +4 more
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