Identification of a component of the trail pheromone of the ant Pheidole pallidula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

MAHMOUD FADL ALI, E. DAVID MORGAN, CLAIRE DETRAIN, ATHULA B. ATTYGALLE

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Abstract

ABSTRACT 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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)257-265
Number of pages9
JournalPhysiological Entomology
Volume13
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1988

Keywords

  • 3‐ethyl‐2
  • 5‐dimethylpyrazine.
  • Ant
  • Pheidole
  • minor workers
  • poison gland
  • trail pheromone

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