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Identification of a component of the trail pheromone of the ant Pheidole pallidula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Author(s) -
ALI MAHMOUD FADL,
MORGAN E. DAVID,
DETRAIN CLAIRE,
ATTYGALLE ATHULA B.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
physiological entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1365-3032
pISSN - 0307-6962
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1988.tb00477.x
Subject(s) - hymenoptera , biology , ant , pheromone , formicoidea , identification (biology) , pheidole , zoology , component (thermodynamics) , aculeata , ecology , physics , thermodynamics
The poison gland of minor workers of P.pallidula. Nyl. contains 3‐ethyl‐2,5‐dimethylpyrazine which induces trail‐following in other workers, but does not account for the full trail‐following effect of one worker's poison gland. No pyrazines were detected in major workers and their glands do not contain the pheromone.