Cuticular hydrocarbons for identifying Sarcophagidae (Diptera) [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 The composition and quantity of insect cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) can be species-specific as well as sexually dimorphic within species. CHC analysis has been previously used for identification and ageing purposes for several insect orders including ...
Hannah E. Moore +4 more
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Drosophila Cuticular Hydrocarbons Revisited: Mating Status Alters Cuticular Profiles [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2010 Most living organisms use pheromones for inter-individual communication. In Drosophila melanogaster flies, several pheromones perceived either by contact/at a short distance (cuticular hydrocarbons, CHs), or at a longer distance (cis-vaccenyl acetate ...
Claude Everaerts +2 more
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Insect Cuticular Hydrocarbons as Dynamic Traits in Sexual Communication [PDF]
Insects, 2015 Recent research has demonstrated extensive within-species variation in pheromone expression in insect species, contrary to the view that pheromones are largely invariant within species.
Fiona C. Ingleby
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Chemosensory sensitivity reflects reproductive status in the ant Harpegnathos saltator [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2017 Insects communicate with pheromones using sensitive antennal sensilla. Although trace amounts of pheromones can be detected by many insects, context-dependent increased costs of high sensitivity might lead to plasticity in sensillum responsiveness.
Majid Ghaninia +6 more
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Cuticular hydrocarbons are associated with mating success and insecticide resistance in malaria vectors [PDF]
Communications Biology, 2021 In this study, Adams et al. investigate the effect of cuticular hydrocarbons on mating success in natural mosquito mating swarms. These hydrocarbons confer both higher mating success and increased resistance to pyrethroid, suggesting sexual selection for
Kelsey L. Adams +12 more
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A shift to shorter cuticular hydrocarbons accompanies sexual isolation among Drosophila americana group populations [PDF]
Evolution Letters, 2021 Because sensory signals often evolve rapidly, they could be instrumental in the emergence of reproductive isolation between species. However, pinpointing their specific contribution to isolating barriers, and the mechanisms underlying their divergence ...
Jeremy S. Davis +3 more
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Specialized odorant receptors in social insects that detect cuticular hydrocarbon cues and candidate pheromones [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2017 Cuticular hydrocarbons (CHC) mediate the interactions between individuals in eusocial insects, but the sensory receptors for CHCs are unclear. Here the authors show that in ants such as H.
Gregory M. Pask +13 more
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Tropical parabiotic ants: Highly unusual cuticular substances and low interspecific discrimination [PDF]
Frontiers in Zoology, 2008 Background Associations between animal species require that at least one of the species recognizes its partner. Parabioses are associations of two ant species which co-inhabit the same nest.
Schmitt Thomas +2 more
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Ants discriminate between different hydrocarbon concentrations [PDF]
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2015 Social insects typically discriminate nestmates from non-nestmates using colony-specific blends of cuticular hydrocarbons, which may be considered as a chemical label.
Giuseppe eDi Mauro +6 more
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Cuticular Hydrocarbons of Orchid Bees Males: Interspecific and Chemotaxonomy Variation. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Recent studies have investigated the composition of compounds that cover the cuticle in social insects, but few studies have focused on solitary bees.
Aline Borba Dos Santos +1 more
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