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A trail pheromone component of the African stink ant, Pachycondyla (Paltothyreus) tarsata Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae)

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The African stink ants (Pachycondyla tarsata) lay recruitment trails with secretions from sternal glands. The glandular secretions consist of 10 compounds, 9 of which have been chemically identified. One of the substances, 9-heptadecanone, elicits trail following behavior in P. tarsata workers that have before been stimulated by a sucessful scout ant.

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  1. Institut für Organische Chemie der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91052 Erlangen, Germany, , , , , , DE

    E. Janssen & H. J. Bestmann

  2. Theodor Boveri-Institut (Biozentrum), Lehrstuhl für Verhaltensphysiologie und Soziobiologie der Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany, e-mail: bertholl@biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de, , , , , , DE

    B. Hölldobler

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Received 7 August 1998; accepted 24 November 1998.

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Janssen, E., Hölldobler, B. & Bestmann, H. A trail pheromone component of the African stink ant, Pachycondyla (Paltothyreus) tarsata Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae). Chemoecology 9, 9–11 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s000490050028

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