TY - JOUR
T1 - Chemical and ethological studies of the trail pheromone of the ant Manica rubida (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
AU - ATTYGALLE, A. B.
AU - CAMMAERTS, M. ‐C
AU - CAMMAERTS, R.
AU - MORGAN, E. D.
AU - OLLETT, D. G.
PY - 1986/6
Y1 - 1986/6
N2 - ABSTRACT. The poison gland of Manica rubida contains nanogram quantities of four alkylpyrazines, methylpyrazine, 2,5‐dimethylpyrazine, trimethylpyrazine and 3‐ethyl‐2,5‐dimethylpyrazine, of which only the last induces pronounced trail‐following behaviour. Myrmica rubra and M. rubida workers follow each other's trails equally well when allowance is made for the much greater size of M. rubida workers. The cross activity in trail‐following between M. rubida, M. rubra and Tetramorium caespitum is understandable in terms of the amounts and proportions of the different pyrazines present in their glands and their responses to the synthetic substances and appropriate mixtures of them.
AB - ABSTRACT. The poison gland of Manica rubida contains nanogram quantities of four alkylpyrazines, methylpyrazine, 2,5‐dimethylpyrazine, trimethylpyrazine and 3‐ethyl‐2,5‐dimethylpyrazine, of which only the last induces pronounced trail‐following behaviour. Myrmica rubra and M. rubida workers follow each other's trails equally well when allowance is made for the much greater size of M. rubida workers. The cross activity in trail‐following between M. rubida, M. rubra and Tetramorium caespitum is understandable in terms of the amounts and proportions of the different pyrazines present in their glands and their responses to the synthetic substances and appropriate mixtures of them.
KW - 3‐ethyl‐2,5‐dimethylpyrazine
KW - Formicidae
KW - Manica rubida
KW - ant
KW - myrmicine
KW - trail pheromone
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1986.tb00399.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1986.tb00399.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84981605106
SN - 0307-6962
VL - 11
SP - 125
EP - 132
JO - Physiological Entomology
JF - Physiological Entomology
IS - 2
ER -