| Title: | "Sex pheromone of queens of the slave-making ant, Polyergus breviceps" |
| Author(s): | Greenberg L; Aliabadi A; McElfresh JS; Topoff H; Millar JG; |
| Address: | "Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA. les.Greenberg@ucr.edu" |
| DOI: | 10.1023/b:joec.0000030300.11787.01 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The sex attractant pheromone produced in mandibular glands of queens of the slave-making ant Polyergus breviceps has been identified as a blend of methyl 6-methylsalicylate and 3-ethyl-4-methylpentanol. In field trials, each compound alone was completely unattractive to males, whereas blends of the two compounds attracted hundreds of males within a couple of hours" |
| Keywords: | "Animals Ants/*physiology Behavior, Animal/*drug effects/physiology Female Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Male Pentanols/analysis/chemistry Salicylates/analysis/chemistry Sex Attractants/chemistry/*pharmacology Time Factors;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineGreenberg, Les Aliabadi, Ali McElfresh, J Stephen Topoff, Howard Millar, Jocelyn G eng 2004/08/12 J Chem Ecol. 2004 Jun; 30(6):1297-303. doi: 10.1023/b:joec.0000030300.11787.01" |
