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Sex Pheromone of Queens of the Slave-Making Ant, Polyergus breviceps |
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| Authors: | Les Greenberg Ali Aliabadi J. Stephen McElfresh Howard Topoff Jocelyn G. Millar |
| Affiliation: | Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA. les.Greenberg@ucr.edu |
| Abstract: | The sex attractant pheromone produced in mandibular glands of queens of the slave-making ant Polyergus breviceps has been identified as a blend of methyl 6-methylsalicylate and 3-ethyl-4-methylpentanol. In field trials, each compound alone was completely unattractive to males, whereas blends of the two compounds attracted hundreds of males within a couple of hours. |
| Keywords: | Polyergus breviceps queen sex pheromone methyl 6-methylsalicylate 3-ethyl-4-methylpentanol ant Formicidae |
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