TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparison of Dufour Gland Secretions of Two Species of Leptothorax Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
AU - Ali, Mahmoud Fadl
AU - Morgan, E. David
AU - Attygalle, Athula B.
AU - Billen, Johan P.J.
PY - 1987/8/1
Y1 - 1987/8/1
N2 - The D ufour glands of Leptothorax acervorum and L. nylanderi both contain species-specific mixtures of hydrocarbons, dominated by C17 hydrocarbons in L. acervorum and C15 hydrocarbons in L. nylanderi. Both species contain the sesquiterpenoid tetram orene-2, but neither contain (E)- ß-farnesene, which has earlier been found in the glands of Harpagoxenus sublaevis which raids Leptothorax nests and enslaves its workers. The contents of the glands of workers and queens of L. acervorum were very similar.
AB - The D ufour glands of Leptothorax acervorum and L. nylanderi both contain species-specific mixtures of hydrocarbons, dominated by C17 hydrocarbons in L. acervorum and C15 hydrocarbons in L. nylanderi. Both species contain the sesquiterpenoid tetram orene-2, but neither contain (E)- ß-farnesene, which has earlier been found in the glands of Harpagoxenus sublaevis which raids Leptothorax nests and enslaves its workers. The contents of the glands of workers and queens of L. acervorum were very similar.
KW - Dufour Gland
KW - Harpagoxenus
KW - Hydrocarbons
KW - Leptothorax
KW - Sesquiterpenes
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U2 - 10.1515/znc-1987-7-837
DO - 10.1515/znc-1987-7-837
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:12644316278
SN - 0939-5075
VL - 42
SP - 955
EP - 960
JO - Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences
JF - Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences
IS - 7-8
ER -