Billen J P, Evershed R P, Attygalle A B, Morgan E D, Ollett D G
Department SBM, Limburgs Universitair Centrum, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
J Chem Ecol. 1986 Mar;12(3):669-85. doi: 10.1007/BF01012101.
The Dufour glands of worker ants of Tetramorium caespitum, and the morphologically similar T. impurum are filled with similar, but species-specific mixtures of linear hydrocarbons and three homologous sesquiterpene corhpounds. Glands of workers ofT. caespitum contain, on average, 70 ng of oil containing C13 to C17 linear hydrocarbons with n-pentadecane (64%) and a mixture of pentadecenes (14%) as major components.T. impurum glands are smaller and contain an average of 40 ng of the same mixture but with n-pentadecane (49%) and a sesquiterpenoid compound (19%) the major components. Two isomeric pentadecenes, (Z)-6-pentadecene and (Z)-7-pentadecene are present in both species.T. semilaeve workers contain on average only 30 ng of a simple mixture of hydrocarbons with pentadecane contributing more than 90% of the total.
纹腹蚁属工蚁的杜氏腺，以及形态相似的不洁纹腹蚁的杜氏腺，都充满了相似但具有物种特异性的直链烃混合物和三种同源倍半萜化合物。纹腹蚁属工蚁的腺体平均含有70纳克油，其中含有C13至C17直链烃，以正十五烷（64%）和十五碳烯混合物（14%）为主要成分。不洁纹腹蚁的腺体较小，平均含有40纳克相同混合物，但以正十五烷（49%）和一种倍半萜类化合物（19%）为主要成分。两种异构的十五碳烯，（Z）-6-十五碳烯和（Z）-7-十五碳烯在两个物种中都存在。半光纹腹蚁属工蚁平均仅含有30纳克简单的烃类混合物，其中正十五烷占总量的90%以上。
