Variation in formic acid quantities in the poison gland reservoir among age and task cohorts in Camponotus obscuripes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 495-503

  Fujiwara Tsujii, Nao ^a   Yamaoka, Ryohei ^a  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alarm pheromone; Camponotus obscuripes; Exocrine gland; Formic acid

Indexed keywords

CAMPONOTUS; CAMPONOTUS OBSCURIPES; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 33645770717     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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