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Major hydrocarbons of the post‐pharyngeal glands of mated queens of the red imported fire ant Solenopsis invicta
Author(s) -
Thompson Malcolm J.,
Glancey B. M.,
Robbins William E.,
Lofgren Clifford S.,
Dutky Samson R.,
Kochansky Jan,
Vandermeer Robert K.,
Glover Adrienne R.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
lipids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.601
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1558-9307
pISSN - 0024-4201
DOI - 10.1007/bf02535046
Subject(s) - red imported fire ant , fire ant , chromatography , biology , gas chromatography , chemistry , hymenoptera , botany
Thin layer and column chromatographic analyses showed that hydrocarbons were the major lipoidal components of post‐pharyngeal glands of mated queens of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta . Gas liquid chromatographic analyses on an OV‐17 column showed four major hydrocarbons which have been identified and confirmed by synthesis and comparative mass spectral analyses as 13‐methylheptacosane, 13,15‐dimethylheptacosane, 3‐methylheptacosane, and 3,9‐dimethylheptacosane. When microgram quantitites of the natural alkanes on filter paper were placed in colonies of ants, the ants clustered on the paper about the sample and proceeded to masticate the paper in the area containing the alkanes.