Hölldobler B, Morgan E D, Oldham N J, Liebig J
Lehrstuhl Verhaltensphysiologie und Soziobiologie (Zoologie II), Biozentrum, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074, Würzburg, Germany
J Insect Physiol. 2001 Apr;47(4-5):369-74. doi: 10.1016/s0022-1910(00)00143-8.
Workers of the harvester ant genus Pogonomyrmex employ recruitment trail pheromones discharged from the poison gland. In P. barbatus, P. maricopa, P. occidentalis and P. rugosus we identified three pyrazines [2,5-dimethylpyrazine, trimethylpyrazine and 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (EDMP)] as major compounds of the volatile part of the poison-gland secretions. Laboratory and field tests revealed EDMP to be the main recruitment pheromone.
收获蚁属(Pogonomyrmex)的工蚁利用从毒腺排出的招募踪迹信息素。在巴氏收获蚁(P. barbatus)、马里科帕收获蚁(P. maricopa)、西方收获蚁(P. occidentalis)和皱纹收获蚁(P. rugosus)中,我们鉴定出三种吡嗪类化合物[2,5 - 二甲基吡嗪、三甲基吡嗪和3 - 乙基 - 2,5 - 二甲基吡嗪(EDMP)]是毒腺分泌物挥发性部分的主要成分。实验室和野外试验表明,EDMP是主要的招募信息素。