Pygidial glands in the Myrmicine ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
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Exocrine chemistry of the myrmicine ant Zacryptocerus pusillus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Minor workers of the ant Zacryptocerus pusillus have unusual exocrine secretions in both their mandibular and Dufour glands. The mandibular glands contain a 3:1 mixture of 4-heptanone and 4-heptanol, a mixture found only in the related species Z. varians. The Dufour gland contains a mixture of 13 aldehydes from C9 to C18, not previously encountered in ant secretions. The venom glands gave varia...
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عنوان ژورنال: Insectes Sociaux
سال: 1978
ISSN: 0020-1812,1420-9098
DOI: 10.1007/bf02224746