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J Chem Ecol

Title:		Identification of trail pheromone of the antTetramorium caespitum L. (Hymenoptera: Myrmicinae)
Author(s):		Attygalle AB; Morgan ED;
Address:		"Department of Chemistry, University of Keele Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UK"
Journal Title:		J Chem Ecol
Year:		1984
Volume:		10
Issue:		10
Page Number:		1453 - 1468
DOI:		10.1007/BF00990315
ISSN/ISBN:		0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The trail pheromone of the antTetramorium caespitum L. is a 70ratio30 mixture of 2,5-dimethylpyrazine and 3-ethyl-2, 5-dimethylpyrazine. The average total amount of the two pyrazines present in the poison vesicle was found to be 3.9 ng per ant, of which 2.7 +/- 0.4 ng is 2,5-dimethylpyrazine and 1.15 +/-0.25 ng is 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine. The pyrazines constitute only 0.03% of the volume of the poison vesicle but account for the whole of the trail-following activity. A 70ratio30 mixture of the respective pyrazines evoked the highest activity in artificial trail-following tests"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEAttygalle, A B Morgan, E D eng 1984/10/01 J Chem Ecol. 1984 Oct; 10(10):1453-68. doi: 10.1007/BF00990315"