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Soldiers of two termite species.Reticulitermes speratus andCoptotermes formosanus, showed aggressive behavior toward workers of other species. Soldiers always exhibited aggressive behavior to a conspecific worker treated with heterospecific cuticular hydrocarbons. A bioassay using live workers to test contact chemical cues was developed.
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Takahashi, S., Gassa, A. Roles of cuticular hydrocarbons in intra-and interspecific recognition behavior of two rhinotermitidae species. J Chem Ecol 21, 1837–1845 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02033680
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