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An Argentine ant aggregation factor

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(Z)-9-Hexadecenal, a general aggregation factor of the Argentine ant,Iridomyrmex humilis, has been isolated and chemically characterized. It is implicated as a component of the trail-pheromone complex on evidence that it is a constitutent of the ventral gland secretion, and that it both activates and attractsI. humilis workers.

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  1. Phyllis L. Robertson

    Present address: Department of Zoology, Latrobe University, 3083, Bundoora, Victoria

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  1. School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, P.O. Box 1, 2033, Kensington, NSW, Australia

    G. W. K. Cavill, Phyllis L. Robertson & Noel W. Davies

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Acknowledgments. We thank the Australian Research Grants Committee, and the Reserve Bank of Australia, Rural Credits Development Fund for financial support.

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Cavill, G.W.K., Robertson, P.L. & Davies, N.W. An Argentine ant aggregation factor. Experientia 35, 989–990 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01949898

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