A trail pheromone component of the African stink ant, Pachycondyla (Paltothyreus) tarsata Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae) |
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| Authors: | E Janssen B Hölldobler H J Bestmann |
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| Institution: | Institut für Organische Chemie der Universit?t Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91052 Erlangen, Germany, DE
Theodor Boveri-Institut (Biozentrum), Lehrstuhl für Verhaltensphysiologie und Soziobiologie der Universit?t Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany, e-mail: bertholl@biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de, DE
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| Abstract: | Summary. The African stink ants (Pachycondyla tarsata) lay recruitment trails with secretions from sternal glands. The glandular secretions consist of 10 compounds, 9 of which
have been chemically identified. One of the substances, 9-heptadecanone, elicits trail following behavior in P. tarsata workers that have before been stimulated by a sucessful scout ant.
Received 7 August 1998; accepted 24 November 1998. |
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| Keywords: | , sternal glands –, aliphatic ketones –, 9-heptadecanone |
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