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J Insect Physiol

Title:		Recruitment pheromone in the harvester ant genus Pogonomyrmex
Author(s):		Holldobler B; Morgan ED; Oldham NJ; Liebig J;
Address:		"Lehrstuhl Verhaltensphysiologie und Soziobiologie (Zoologie II), Biozentrum, Universitat Wurzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074, Wurzburg, Germany"
Journal Title:		J Insect Physiol
Year:		2001
Volume:		47
Issue:		4-May
Page Number:		369 - 374
DOI:		10.1016/s0022-1910(00)00143-8
ISSN/ISBN:		1879-1611 (Electronic) 0022-1910 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Workers of the harvester ant genus Pogonomyrmex employ recruitment trail pheromones discharged from the poison gland. In P. barbatus, P. maricopa, P. occidentalis and P. rugosus we identified three pyrazines [2,5-dimethylpyrazine, trimethylpyrazine and 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (EDMP)] as major compounds of the volatile part of the poison-gland secretions. Laboratory and field tests revealed EDMP to be the main recruitment pheromone"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEHolldobler, B Morgan, E D Oldham, N J Liebig, J eng England 2001/02/13 J Insect Physiol. 2001 Apr; 47(4-5):369-74. doi: 10.1016/s0022-1910(00)00143-8"