Comparison of Dufour Gland Secretions of Two Species of Leptothorax Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Mahmoud Fadl Ali; E. David Morgan; Athula B. Attygalle; Johan P.J. Billen

doi:10.1515/znc-1987-7-837

Comparison of Dufour Gland Secretions of Two Species of Leptothorax Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Mahmoud Fadl Ali
, E. David Morgan
, Athula B. Attygalle
, Johan P.J. Billen

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	955-960
Number of pages	6
Journal	Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences
Volume	42
Issue number	7-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-1987-7-837
State	Published - 1 Aug 1987

Keywords

Dufour Gland
Harpagoxenus
Hydrocarbons
Leptothorax
Sesquiterpenes

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Comparison of Dufour Gland Secretions of Two Species of Leptothorax Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

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