Title: | Chemotaxonomic study of undescribed species ofMyrmica ant from Idaho |
Author(s): | Jackson BD; Keegans SJ; Morgan ED; Clark WH; Blom PE; |
Address: | "Department of Chemistry, University of Keele, ST5 5BG, Staffordshire, England" |
ISSN/ISBN: | 0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking) |
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" |
Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEJackson, B D Keegans, S J Morgan, E D Clark, W H Blom, P E eng 1991/02/01 J Chem Ecol. 1991 Feb; 17(2):335-42. doi: 10.1007/BF00994336" |