Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, 30602, Athens, Georgia.
J Chem Ecol. 1992 May;18(5):785-97. doi: 10.1007/BF00994615.
The articular lipids were analyzed from individualPolistes exclamans workers collected from 10 nests. Surface lipids were also recovered from the paper and pedicels of these nests. Twenty-two hydrocarbons were identified in these lipid fractions. The major components of the wasp cuticular lipids weren-heptacosane,n-nonacosane, methylhentriacontane, and methyltritriacontane. Discriminant analysis of the hydrocarbon profiles of the adult wasps showed that the wasps group together according to their respective colonies. Several colonies from the same geographical location clustered more closely together than colonies from diverse locations. The nest papers and pedicels did not group with the wasps from their respective colonies, but the nest papers clustered together separately, as did the nest pedicels.
从 10 个巢中收集的单个Polistes exclamans 工蜂中分析了关节脂类。还从这些巢的纸和花梗中回收了表面脂类。在这些脂类馏分中鉴定出 22 种碳氢化合物。黄蜂表皮脂类的主要成分是正二十七烷、正二十九烷、甲基三十烷和甲基三癸烷。成虫大黄蜂碳氢化合物图谱的判别分析表明，大黄蜂根据各自的群体聚集在一起。来自同一地理位置的几个群体比来自不同地理位置的群体聚集得更紧密。巢纸和花梗与各自群体的大黄蜂没有分组，但巢纸单独聚类，巢花梗也是如此。
