Summary
In all the species of theCataglyphis bicolor group examined yet, i.e.C. bicolor, C. diehli, C. isis, C. nodus, andC. viaticus, 2-methyl-1-hexanol is the characteristic substance and almost the only substance found in the mandibular glands. Its chirality has been determined inC. bicolor and shown to be exclusively (S)-2-methyl-1-hexanol.
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Agosti, D., Austin, C., Gökçen, O.A. et al. (S)-2-Methyl-1-hexanol, characteristic mandibular gland substance of ants of theCataglyphis bicolor group. Chemoecology 7, 57–60 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01240638
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01240638