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    First identification of a trail pheromone of an army ant (Aenictus species) (1994)
    Springer
    Cellular and molecular life sciences 50 (1994), S. 763-765 
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    ISSN: 1420-9071
    Keywords: Formicidae ; Aenictus ; army ant ; trail pheromone ; methyl anthranilate ; methyl nicotinate ; primer pheromone ; releaser pheromone
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Totally blind army ants carry out massive and highly organised foraging raids, apparently guided by chemical stimuli. Until now, this phenomenon has not been closely analysed. The existence of a trail pheromone in a postpygidial gland of anAenictus species has been demonstrated and the substances identified as methyl anthranilate and methyl nicotinate The pheromone consists of two parts: a primer effect, caused by methyl nicotinate, which prepares workers to follow trails, but is not itself followed, and a releaser effect, due to methyl anthranilate, which causes trail-following only in conjunction with the primer substance.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01919378
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    Volatile secretions of old world army antAenictus rotundatus and chemotaxonomic implications of army ant dufour gland chemistry (1994)
    Springer
    Journal of chemical ecology 20 (1994), S. 3297-3305 
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    ISSN: 1573-1561
    Keywords: Hymenoptera ; Formicidae ; army ants ; Dorylinae ; Aenictus ; Dorylus ; Eciton ; Ecitoninae ; Dufour gland ; mandibular gland ; postpygidial gland ; ant secretions ; chemotaxonomy
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract The Dufour glands ofAenictus rotundatus contain a complex mixture of terpenoids with geranylgeraniol comprising over 50% of the secretion. Some novel compounds have been tentatively identified as higher homologs of 1,3,3-trimethyl-2,7-dioxabicyclo[2,2,1]heptane based on GC-MS data. The Dufour gland secretion ofA. rotundatus is more similar in composition to the secretions of members of the subfamily Ecitoninae than to its closer relatives from the tribe Dorylini, a result that further complicates studies on the phylogeny of army ants. The mandibular glands ofA. rotundatus contain a mixture of 4-methyl-3-heptanone and limonene in trace amounts, and the well-developed postpygidial glands contain methyl anthranilate only.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02033727
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