ArticleJournal of chemical ecology2010
Host specific social parasites (Psithyrus) indicate chemical recognition system in bumblebees.
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- Evolution of Cuticular Hydrocarbons in the Hymenoptera: a Meta-Analysis.Journal of chemical ecology · 2015Pooled it
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- Evidence for a chemical arms race between cuckoo wasps of the genus Hedychrum and their distantly related host apoid wasps.BMC ecology and evolution · 2022Article
- Chemical Variation among Castes, Female Life Stages and Populations of the Facultative Eusocial Sweat Bee Halictus rubicundus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae).Journal of chemical ecology · 2021Article
- Distinct chemical blends produced by different reproductive castes in the subterranean termite Reticulitermes flavipes.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- The Exocrine Chemistry of the Parasitic WaspInsects · 2020Article
- Phenotypic Plasticity of Nest-Mate Recognition Cues in Formica exsecta Ants.Journal of chemical ecology · 2019Article
- The brood parasite's guide to inclusive fitness theory.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2019Review
- Inquiline social parasites as tools to unlock the secrets of insect sociality.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2019Article
- Brood parasitism in eusocial insects (Hymenoptera): role of host geographical range size and phylogeny.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2019Article
- The possible role of ant larvae in the defence against social parasites.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2019Article
- Reproductive Interference in an Introduced Bumblebee: Polyandry may Mitigate Negative Reproductive Impact.Insects · 2019Review
- Reproductive Dominance Strategies in Insect Social Parasites.Journal of chemical ecology · 2018Review
- Identification of Floral Volatiles and Pollinator Responses in Kiwifruit Cultivars, Actinidia chinensis var. chinensis.Journal of chemical ecology · 2018Article
- Life history and chemical ecology of the Warrior wasp Synoeca septentrionalis (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Epiponini).PloS one · 2018Article
- Are Isomeric Alkenes Used in Species Recognition among Neo-Tropical Stingless Bees (Melipona Spp).Journal of chemical ecology · 2017Article
- Integrated Analyses of Cuticular Hydrocarbons, Chromosome and mtDNA in the Neotropical Social Wasp Mischocyttarus consimilis Zikán (Hymenoptera, Vespidae).Neotropical entomology · 2017Article
- Bumblebees can discriminate between scent-marks deposited by conspecifics.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Striking cuticular hydrocarbon dimorphism in the mason wasp Odynerus spinipes and its possible evolutionary cause (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae, Vespidae).Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2015Article
- Chemical Strategies of the Beetle Metoecus Paradoxus, Social Parasite of the Wasp Vespula Vulgaris.Journal of chemical ecology · 2015Article
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Abstract
Semiochemicals influence many aspects of insect behavior, including interactions between parasites and their hosts. We studied the chemical recognition system of bumblebees (Bombus) by examining the cuticular hydrocarbon cues of 14 species, including five species of social parasites, known as cuckoo bees (subgenus Psithyrus). We found that bumblebees possess species-specific alkene positional isomer profiles that are stable over large geographical regions and are mimicked by three host-specific cuckoo parasites. In three host-cuckoo associations where mimicry is poor, possibly due to recent host shifts, these cuckoos produce dodecyl acetate a known chemical repellent that allows the cuckoos to invade their host colonies. Our findings indicate cuckoos use two chemical mechanisms, mimicry and repellents, to invade their hosts, and this may reflect different stages of an ongoing dynamic arms race.
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