Bagneres AG, Lorenzi MC, Dusticier G, Turillazzi S, Clement JL
A.-G. Bagneres, G. Dusticier, J.-L. Clement, CNRS UPR 9024, Laboratoire de Neurobiologie-Communication Chimique, 31, Chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13402 Marseille Cedex 09, France. M.-C. Lorenzi, Dipartmento di Morfofisiol Veterinaria, Universita di Torino, Viale Mattioli 25, 10125 Turin, Italy. S. Turillazzi, Dipartmento di Biologia Animale e Genetica, Universita di Firenze, Via Romana 17, 50125 Florence, Italy.
Science. 1996 May 10;272(5263):889-92. doi: 10.1126/science.272.5263.889.
The paper wasp Polistes atrimandibularis is an obligatory social parasite of another Polistes species, P. biglumis bimaculatus. To control the host nest, the parasite sequentially changes the composition of its chemical signature, the cuticular hydrocarbons, during the colonial cycle. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry of the cuticular hydrocarbons at every stage of the cycle showed that the parasite can switch on and off an entire chemical family, namely, the unsaturated hydrocarbons. In this way the parasite can match the host signature at a critical moment of the colonial cycle.
黑颚胡蜂（Polistes atrimandibularis）是另一种胡蜂——双斑胡蜂（Polistes biglumis bimaculatus）的专性社会性寄生蜂。为了控制宿主巢穴，这种寄生蜂在群体生活周期中会依次改变其化学信号（表皮碳氢化合物）的组成。对该周期各个阶段的表皮碳氢化合物进行气相色谱-质谱分析表明，这种寄生蜂能够开启和关闭一整个化学类别，即不饱和碳氢化合物。通过这种方式，寄生蜂能够在群体生活周期的关键时刻与宿主的信号相匹配。
