Chemotaxonomic study of undescribed species ofMyrmica ant from Idaho
- 1 February 1991
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Chemical Ecology
- Vol. 17 (2), 335-342
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00994336
Abstract
An undescribed species ofMyrmica collected in Idaho has been shown to have the same substances in its mandibular glands (3-octanol and 3-octanone and related 3-alkanols and 3-alkanones) and in its Dufour gland (linear alkanes, alkenes, and farnesene isomers and homologs) as previously examined European species ofMyrmica. The poison gland contains the trail pheromone 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine, common to allMyrmica species studied so far. The Dufour gland contains large amounts of bishomofarnesene, which easily distinguishes it from some 13 otherMyrmica already known.Keywords
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