Chemotaxonomy of some Cataglyphis ants from Morocco and Burkina Faso

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 564-572

  Dahbi, Abdallah ^a   Hefetz, Abraham ^b   Lenoir, Alain ^c  

^a CADI AYYAD UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Ants; Cataglyphis; Chemosystematics; Dufour gland; Hydrocarbons; Methyl alkenes; Postpharyngeal gland

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYDROCARBON; PHYLOGENY; RARITY;

CATAGLYPHIS; CATAGLYPHIS BICOLOR; CATAGLYPHIS MAURITANICUS; CATAGLYPHIS VIATICUS; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 44649148488     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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