We are reporting the discovery of female sex pheromone glands(FSPG) in the Formosan termite, Coptotermes formosanus. The FSPG produces a contact sex pheromone which mediates tandeming. We have tentatively identified the pheromone as trilinolein. A comparison of glands producing putative sex pheromones in Coptotermes , Reticulitermes , and Incisitermes will be discussed.
Species 1: Isoptera Rhinotermitidae Coptotermes formosanus (Formosan subterranean termite)
Species 2: Isoptera Rhinotermitidae Reticulitermes virginicus (native termite)
Species 3: Isoptera Kalotermitidae Incisitermes snyderi (drywood termite)
Keywords: Primary reproductives
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