| Identification of alarm pheromone components of the southern giant Asian hornet, Vespa soror, a major pest of honey bees | |
Dong, Shihao; Sun, Aili; Lin, Tao; Li, Jianjun; Gu, Gaoying; Nieh, James C.; Tan, Ken
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| 2024 | |
| Source Publication | INSECT SCIENCE
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| ISSN | 1672-9609 |
| Issue | xPages:- |
| Abstract | The rise of biological invasions threatens biodiversity and food security, with the vespid family, including Vespa soror, being of particular concern. Our study focused on the alarm pheromone components of V. soror. By using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) chemical analyses, electroantennograms, and field bioassays, we identified 5 compounds-2-pentanol, 3-methyl-1-butanol, 2-heptanol, 2-nonanol (2-N), and isopentyl acetate (IPA)-in hornet sting venom that elicited defensive behavior from hornets. IPA and 2-N also serve as alarm pheromone components in multiple honey bee species that are important prey for V. soror. This shared chemical signaling may allow cross-detection by each species on the other's alarm cues. While it should be advantageous for bees to detect V. soror alarm pheromone, the benefits to V. soror of using IPA and 2-N are unclear. V. soror may manipulate bee behavior, potentially distracting defenders, because they mark victim bee colonies by rubbing their abdomens, which contain their sting glands, at bee hive entrances. Our findings pose new evolutionary questions about the role of manipulation in the arms races. |
| Keyword | alarm pheromone aggressive responses collective defense convergent evolution venom |
| Subject Area | Entomology |
| DOI | 10.1111/1744-7917.13448 |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Language | 英语 |
| WOS ID | WOS:001322458300001 |
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| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | https://ir.xtbg.ac.cn/handle/353005/14452 |
| Collection | 2012年后新成立研究组 |
| Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, CAS Key Lab Trop Forest Ecol, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, Kunming 650000, Peoples R China 2.Nieh, James C.] Univ Calif San Diego, Div Biol Sci, Sect Ecol Behav & Evolut, La Jolla, CA USA |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Dong, Shihao,Sun, Aili,Lin, Tao,et al. Identification of alarm pheromone components of the southern giant Asian hornet, Vespa soror, a major pest of honey bees[J]. INSECT SCIENCE,2024(x):-. |
| APA | Dong, Shihao.,Sun, Aili.,Lin, Tao.,Li, Jianjun.,Gu, Gaoying.,...&Tan, Ken.(2024).Identification of alarm pheromone components of the southern giant Asian hornet, Vespa soror, a major pest of honey bees.INSECT SCIENCE(x),-. |
| MLA | Dong, Shihao,et al."Identification of alarm pheromone components of the southern giant Asian hornet, Vespa soror, a major pest of honey bees".INSECT SCIENCE .x(2024):-. |
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