Exocrine chemistry of the myrmicine ant Zacryptocerus pusillus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |
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| Authors: | Morgan E David Keegans Sarah J Billen Johan |
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| Affiliation: | Chemical Ecology Group, Lennard-Jones Laboratory, Keele University, Staffordshire, United Kingdom. e.d.morgan@chem.keele.ac.uk |
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| Abstract: | Minor workers of the ant Zacryptocerus pusillus have unusual exocrine secretions in both their mandibular and Dufour glands. The mandibular glands contain a 3:1 mixture of 4-heptanone and 4-heptanol, a mixture found only in the related species Z. varians. The Dufour gland contains a mixture of 13 aldehydes from C9 to C18, not previously encountered in ant secretions. The venom glands gave variable results with only nonanal present consistently. |
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| Keywords: | 4‐heptanone 4‐heptanol Dufour gland mandibular gland venom gland hexadecanal |
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