College of Life Science, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China.
College of Life Science, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, PR China.
Curr Opin Insect Sci. 2021 Jun;45:121-129. doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2021.04.004. Epub 2021 Apr 24.
Ant-hemipteran mutualism is one of the most frequently observed food-for-protection associations in nature, and is recently found to contribute to the invasions of several of the most destructive invasive ants. Chemical communication underlies establishment and maintenance of such associations, in which a multitude of semiochemicals, such as pheromones, cuticular hydrocarbons, honeydew sugars and bacteria-produced honeydew volatiles mediate location, recognition, selection, learning of mutualistic partners. Here, we review what is known about the chemical communication between ants and honeydew-producing hemipterans, and discuss how invasive ants can rapidly recognize and establish a mutualistic relationship with the hemipterans with which they have never coevolved. We also highlight some future directions for a clearer understanding of the chemical communication in ant-hemipteran mutualism and its role in ant invasions.
蚁-半翅目互惠关系是自然界中最常见的食物保护关系之一，最近发现它有助于几种最具破坏性的入侵蚂蚁的入侵。这种关系的建立和维持依赖于化学通讯，其中许多信息素，如信息素、角质烃、蜜露糖和细菌产生的蜜露挥发物，介导着互利伙伴的定位、识别、选择和学习。在这里，我们回顾了关于蚂蚁和蜜露分泌半翅目昆虫之间化学通讯的已知信息，并讨论了入侵蚂蚁如何能够快速识别并与它们从未共同进化过的半翅目昆虫建立互利关系。我们还强调了未来一些明确了解蚂蚁-半翅目互惠关系中的化学通讯及其在蚂蚁入侵中的作用的方向。
