Black ant stings caused by Pachycondyla sennaarensis: a significant health hazard
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The Trail Pheromone of the Venomous Samsum Ant, Pachycondyla sennaarensis
Ant species use branching networks of pheromone trails for orientation between nest and resources. The current study demonstrated that workers of the venomous samsum ant, Pachycondyla sennaarensis (Mayr) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae), employ recruitment trail pheromones discharged from the Dufour's gland. Secretions of other abdomen complex glands, as well as hindgut gland secretions, di...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Saudi Medicine
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0256-4947,0975-4466
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2009.207