Species-specificity in trail pheromones and Dufour's gland contents of Camponotus atriceps and C. floridanus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Chemoecology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 85-93

  Haak, U ^a   Holldobler B ^b   Bestmann, H J ^a   Kern, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Camponotus atriceps; Camponotus floridanus; Carpenter ants; Dufour's gland; Formicidae; Formicinae; Hindgut; Hymenoptera; Trail pheromone

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003128099     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01239485     Document Type: Article

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