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Identification of the sex pheromone of an ant,Formica lugubris (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

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    Present address: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 02138, Cambridge, MA, USA

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  1. Institut für Organische Chemie der Universität, W-2000, Hamburg, Germany

    F. Walter

  2. Program in Animal Behavior, Bucknell University, 17837, Lewisburg, PA, USA

    D. J. C. Fletcher

  3. Museum of Zoology, Palais de Rumine, CH-1000, Lausanne, Switzerland

    D. Chautems, D. Cherix & L. Keller

  4. Institut für Organische Chemie der Universität, W-2000, Hamburg, Germany

    W. Francke

  5. Department of Zoology, University of Helsinki, SF-00100, Helsinki, Finland

    W. Fortelius & R. Rosengren

  6. Brackenridge Field Laboratory and Department of Zoology, University of Texas at Austin, 78712, Austin, TX, USA

    E. L. Vargo

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Walter, F., Fletcher, D.J.C., Chautems, D. et al. Identification of the sex pheromone of an ant,Formica lugubris (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Naturwissenschaften 80, 30–34 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01139755

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