Secretion of venom and Dufour glands in the ant Leptogenys diminuta

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2497-2506

  Maile, Roland ^a   Jungnickel, Harald ^a   Morgan, E David ^a   Ito, Fuminori ^b   Billen, Johan ^c  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

4 methyl 3 heptanol and esters; Ants; Dufour gland; Formicidae; Gas chromatography; Hymenoptera; Ponerinae; Venom gland

Indexed keywords

4 METHYL 3 HEPTANONE; ALCOHOL; ESTER; HYDROCARBON; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; TERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM;

ANT; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY;

ANT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYMENOPTERA; ISOMERISM; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ARACHNIDA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPTOGENYS DIMINUTA; PONERINAE;

EID: 0033669299     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005528511208     Document Type: Article

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