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Novel internally branched, internal alkenes as major components of the cuticular hydrocarbons of the primitive australian antNothomyrmecia macrops Clark (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

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Internally mono- and dimethyl branched, internal alkenes, which constitute most of the cuticular hydrocarbon present on workers of the primitive Australian antNothomyrmecia macrops Clark, have been identified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. They are the first such alkenes reported from insects. Also present are alkanes with similar carbon skeletons. The hydrocarbon patterns of three separateNothomyrmecia colonies were very similar.

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    W. Vance Brown, Robert W. Taylor & Michael J. Lacey

  2. Laboratoire d'Ethologie et Sociobiologie U.A. Centre de la Recherche Scientifique No 667, Université Paris Nord, 93430, Villetaneuse, France

    Pierre Jaisson

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Brown, W.V., Jaisson, P., Taylor, R.W. et al. Novel internally branched, internal alkenes as major components of the cuticular hydrocarbons of the primitive australian antNothomyrmecia macrops Clark (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J Chem Ecol 16, 2623–2635 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00988074

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Key Words

  • Internally branched alkenes
  • internal alkenes
  • cuticular hydrocarbons
  • Nothomyrmecia macrops
  • Hymenoptera
  • Formicidae
  • ants
  • gas chromatography
  • mass spectrometry