Metapleural gland secretion of the leaf-cutter ant Acromyrmex octospinosus: New compounds and their functional significance

Diethe Ortius-Lechner; Roland Maile; E. David Morgan; Jacobus Jan Boomsma

Metapleural gland secretion of the leaf-cutter ant Acromyrmex octospinosus: New compounds and their functional significance

Diethe Ortius-Lechner, Roland Maile, E. David Morgan, Jacobus Jan Boomsma

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Abstract

formicidae, leaf-cutter ants, Acromyrmex octospinosus, gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, metapleural gland, carboxylic and fatty acids, lactones, keto acids, antibiotics.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Chemical Ecology
Issue number	Vol. 26 no. 7
Pages (from-to)	1667-1683
ISSN	0098-0331
Publication status	Published - 2000

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