Recruitment pheromone in the harvester ant genus Pogonomyrmex

Bert Hölldobler; E. David Morgan; Neil J. Oldham; Jürgen Liebig

doi:10.1016/S0022-1910(00)00143-8

Recruitment pheromone in the harvester ant genus Pogonomyrmex

Bert Hölldobler, E. David Morgan, Neil J. Oldham, Jürgen Liebig

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Abstract

Workers of the harvester ant genus Pogonomyrmex employ recruitment trail pheromones discharged from the poison gland. In P. barbatus, P. maricopa, P. occidentalis and P. rugosus we identified three pyrazines [2,5-dimethylpyrazine, trimethylpyrazine and 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (EDMP)] as major compounds of the volatile part of the poison-gland secretions. Laboratory and field tests revealed EDMP to be the main recruitment pheromone.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	369-374
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of insect physiology
Volume	47
Issue number	4-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-1910(00)00143-8
State	Published - 2001
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Alkylpyrazines
Chemical communication
Poison gland
Trail pheromone

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Physiology
Insect Science

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