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Low Intraspecific Aggression Level, Cuticular Hydrocarbons, and Polydomy in the Bullet Ant
Ants use chemical cues known as cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) for both intraspecific and interspecific recognition. These compounds serve ants in...
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The Cuticular Hydrocarbons of Dasineura Oleae Show Differences Between Sex, Adult Age and Mating Status
AbstractIn insects, cuticular lipids prevent water loss and act as semiochemicals. Because of their ecological function, the profile change across...
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High Divergence of Cuticular Hydrocarbons and Hybridization Success in Two Allopatric Seven-Spot Ladybugs
The seven-spotted ladybug is a widespread species in the Palearctic, and also acclimated in the Nearctic. It has been classified into different...
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Cuticular hydrocarbon profiles of Aedes aegypti reproductive stages - a potential tool for identifying high epidemiological risk populations
The objective of this work was to determine the cuticular hydrocarbon variation in female and male Aedes aegypti at each of their reproductive...
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Characterization of cuticular hydrocarbons in a subsocial bee, Ceratina calcarata
Research on cuticular hydrocarbons of solitary and eusocial bees has greatly contributed to our understanding of the evolution of eusociality....
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Influence of Host Plants and Tending Ants on the Cuticular Hydrocarbon Profile of a Generalist Myrmecophilous Caterpillar
In myrmecophilous organisms, which live in symbiosis with ants, cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) play a pivotal role in interspecific communication and...
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Aging-Related Variation of Cuticular Hydrocarbons in Wild Type and Variant Drosophila melanogaster
The cuticle of all insects is covered with hydrocarbons which have multiple functions. Cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) basically serve to protect...
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Cuticular Hydrocarbon Polymorphism in a Parasitoid Wasp
Cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) are major constituents of the cuticular lipid layer of insects. They serve not only as a barrier to desiccation, but...
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Cuticular Waxes and Its Application in Crop Improvement
Cuticle and cuticular waxes form the first level of barrier between the land plants and their external environment. This hydrophobic layer protects...
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Cuticular hydrocarbons are associated with mating success and insecticide resistance in malaria vectors
Anopheles coluzzii females, important malaria vectors in Africa, mate only once in their lifetime. Mating occurs in aerial swarms with a high...
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Nestmate Recognition in Two Melipona Stingless Bee Species: The Effect of Cuticular Chemical Profiles and Colony Distance
The ability to discriminate nestmates from non-nestmates is critical to the success of social insect colonies. Nestmate recognition prevents...
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Intraspecific variation of cuticular hydrocarbons in the eusocial wasp Polybia sericea (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)
Chemical communication is fundamental to maintain cohesion in social insect colonies, and in this communication process, cuticular hydrocarbons act...
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An Ozonolysis Based Method and Applications for the Non-Lethal Modification of Insect Cuticular Hydrocarbons
Cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) are important, multi-function components of the insect epicuticle. In Drosophila spp., CHCs provide protection from...
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Soil pH is the Primary Factor Driving the Transformation of Plant Cuticular Wax in Saline Soils
Soil salinization has become one of the major environmental issues in many parts of the world. However, how saline soils influence plant cuticular...
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Cuticular Hydrocarbon Profiles of Himalayan Bumble Bees (Hymenoptera: Bombus Latreille) are Species-Specific and Show Elevational Variation
Bumble bees are important pollinators in natural environments and agricultural farmlands, and they are in particular adapted to harsh environments...
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Genetic Underpinnings of Cuticular Hydrocarbon Biosynthesis in the German Cockroach, Blattella germanica (L.): Progress and Perspectives
Insect cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) serve as important waterproofing barriers and as signals and cues in chemical communication. Over the past 30...
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Intrasexual cuticular hydrocarbon dimorphism in a wasp sheds light on hydrocarbon biosynthesis genes in Hymenoptera
Cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) cover the cuticle of insects and serve as desiccation barrier and as semiochemicals. While the main enzymatic steps of...
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Physico-chemical stress alters cuticular semiochemical secretions in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum adults
The red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum , is the most common coleopteran pest that infests different kinds of stored grains and flours. Under...
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Cuticular Hydrocarbon Studies in Neotropical Social Wasps
Cuticular hydrocarbons are chemical compounds present in all insects and primarily involved in preventing water loss and protecting against...