Dufour gland contents of ants of the Cataglyphis bicolor group

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 71-87

  Gökçen, Oya A ^a   Morgan, E David ^a   Dani, Francesca R ^a   Agosti, Donat ^b   Wehner, Rüdiger ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Esters; Exocrine secretion; Formicidae; Formicinae; Hydrocarbons; Hymenoptera; Species diagnosis; Species specificity

Indexed keywords

ANT; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DESERT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HYMENOPTERA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SCENT GLAND; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; HISTOLOGY;

EGYPT; TUNISIA;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; CATAGLYPHIS; CATAGLYPHIS BICOLOR; CATAGLYPHIS BOMBYCINUS; CATAGLYPHIS DIEHLII; CATAGLYPHIS SAVIGNYI; CATAGLYPHIS VIATICUS; FORMICIDAE; FORMICINAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

ANIMALS; ANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; SCENT GLANDS;

EID: 0036008198     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013521123356     Document Type: Article

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