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A trail pheromone component of the ant Mayriella overbecki Viehmeyer (Formicidae: Myrmicinae)

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 The myrmicine ant Mayriella overbecki lays recruitment trails during foraging and nest emigrations. The trail pheromone originates from the poison gland. From ten identified components of the poison gland secretions only methyl 6-methylsalicylate 1 elicited trail following behavior.

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  1. Theodor-Boveri-Institut, Lehrstuhl für Verhaltensphysiologie und Soziobiologie der Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany e-mail: bert.hoelldobler@biozentrum.uni-wuerbbur Tel.: +49-931-8884308 Fax: +49-931-8884309, , , , , , DE

    B. Hölldobler

  2. Institut für Organische Chemie der Universität Erlangen, 91054 Erlangen, Germany, , , , , , DE

    E. Kohl & H.-J. Bestmann

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Received: 6 April 2000 / Accepted in revised form: 6 June 2000

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Kohl, E., Hölldobler, B. & Bestmann, HJ. A trail pheromone component of the ant Mayriella overbecki Viehmeyer (Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Naturwissenschaften 87, 320–322 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001140050730

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