Species-specificity in trail pheromones and Dufour's gland contents ofCamponotus atriceps andC. floridanus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Chemoecology ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
U. Haak ◽  
B. H�lldobler ◽  
H. J. Bestmann ◽  
F. Kern
Keyword(s):  
Species Specificity ◽  
Dufour's Gland ◽  
Dufour’S Gland ◽  
Trail Pheromones

Dufour’s Gland Composition in the Desert Ant Cataglyphis: Species Specificity and Population Differences

1992 ◽  
Vol 47 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 285-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abraham Hefetz ◽  
Alain Lenoir
Keyword(s):  
Related Species ◽  
Character Displacement ◽  
Species Specificity ◽  
Gland Secretion ◽  
Dufour's Gland ◽  
Dufour’S Gland ◽  
Population Differences ◽  
Desert Ant ◽  
Dufour's Gland Secretion

Abstract Dufour’s gland secretion of several species of the desert ant Cataglyphis from different geographical localities was analyzed. The secretions constituted mostly of alkanes ranging from undecane to nonadecane. Species specificity is expressed as variations in the major component as well as the relative intensities of the additional constituents. Phylogenetically related species that are allopatric exhibited similar secretory composition whereas their sympatric counterparts had disparate composition, suggesting that character displacement occurred. Analyses of colonies of C. cursor from different localities also showed divergence in their glandular composition.

Species specificity and complexity of Dufour's gland secretion of bumble bees

1991 ◽  
Vol 99 (3) ◽  
pp. 641-646 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Tengö ◽  
Abraham Hefetz ◽  
Andreas Bertsch ◽  
Ulrich Schmitt ◽  
Gunther Lübke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Specificity ◽  
Bumble Bees ◽  
Gland Secretion ◽  
Dufour's Gland ◽  
Dufour’S Gland ◽  
Dufour's Gland Secretion

Species specificity of Dufour's gland morphology and volatile secretions in kleptoparasitic Sphecodes bees (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

1992 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 351-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Tengö ◽  
Martina Sick ◽  
Manfred Ayasse ◽  
Wolf Engels ◽  
Bo G. Svensson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Specificity ◽  
Dufour's Gland ◽  
Dufour’S Gland

scholarly journals Proteomic analysis in the Dufour’s gland of Africanized Apis mellifera workers (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

PLoS ONE ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. e0177415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aparecida das Dores Teixeira ◽  
Patricia D. Games ◽  
Benjamin B. Katz ◽  
John M. Tomich ◽  
José C. Zanuncio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Proteomic Analysis ◽  
Dufour's Gland ◽  
Dufour’S Gland

Natural Polyesters: Dufour's Gland Macrocyclic Lactones Form Brood Cell Laminesters in Colletes Bees

Science ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 204 (4391) ◽  
pp. 415-417 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. HEFETZ ◽  
H. M. FALES ◽  
S. W. T. BATRA
Keyword(s):  
Dufour's Gland ◽  
Brood Cell ◽  
Dufour’S Gland ◽  
Macrocyclic Lactones

Dufour’s gland contents of queens of the slave-making antPolyergus rufescensand its host speciesFormica cunicularia

2000 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Visicchio ◽  
M. F. Sledge ◽  
A. Mori ◽  
D. A. Grasso ◽  
F. Le Moli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dufour's Gland ◽  
Dufour’S Gland

Virus-like particles from the poison glands of the parasitic wasp Biosteres longicaudatus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

1990 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 539-546 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pauline O. Lawrence ◽  
Debra Akin
Keyword(s):  
Outer Membrane ◽  
Parasitic Wasp ◽  
Accessory Gland ◽  
Spherical Particles ◽  
Dufour's Gland ◽  
Dufour’S Gland ◽  
Anastrepha Suspensa ◽  
Virus Like Particles ◽  
Poison Glands ◽  
Crystalline Matrix

Two virus-like particles occur in the venom apparatus (poison glands) associated with the ovaries of the parasitic wasp Biosteres longicaudatus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). The venom apparatus consists of accessory gland filaments (tubules) (AGFs) and a short, carrot-shaped, muscular sac, Dufour's gland. Rod-shaped particles measuring 250–300 nm long and 60–70 nm wide with convex ends occur in 100% of the cells examined along the middle third of the AGFs. These particles are associated with an electron-dense crystalline matrix within a stroma surrounded by vesicles. Similar particles are present in vacuoles in 76–90% of the epidermal cells in the pharate pupal host, Anastrepha suspensa (Diptera: Tephritidae), after parasitization by B. longicaudatus. The second type of particle is spherical and has an outer membrane with a beaded surface. It is about 250 nm in diameter and has an electron-dense biconcave central core with two lateral bodies, and resembles entomopoxviruses. Such particles occur within a stroma in 80–90% of the cells along the proximal third of the AGF, and within its lumen, to which the cells are connected by a short, cuticle-lined duct. These AGF cells are morphologically distinct from those containing the rod-shaped particles. The "mature" spherical particles accumulate in the Dufour's gland, which empties into the median oviduct, and are injected into the host by the wasp during oviposition. Similar particles are present in 63–80% of the hemocytes of parasitized hosts.

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