实验室追踪阿根廷蚁（Iridomyrmex humilis (Mayr)）对（Z）-9-十六碳烯醛类似物和腹部提取物的特异性。

Specificity of laboratory trail following by the argentine ant,Iridomyrmex humilis (Mayr), to (Z)-9-hexadecenal, analogs, and gaster extract.

机构信息

Department of Entomology, University of California, 92521, Riverside, California.

出版信息

J Chem Ecol. 1982 Jul;8(7):1057-63. doi: 10.1007/BF00987886.

Abstract

In laboratory trail-following bioassays of Argentine ant workers,Iridomyrmex humilis (Mayr), the geometric isomer, (E)-9-hexadecenal, of the trail pheromone component (Z)-9-hexadecenal elicited insignificant trail following as did the potentially more stable formate analogs, (Z)-7-tetradecenyl formate, (E)-7-tetradecenyl formate, and tetradecyl formate. Further, in direct choice tests, workers showed no preference for gaster extract trails (0.002 ant equiv/cm) over trails of (Z)-9-hexadecenal (0.2 ng/cm). Moreover, a 10-fold increase in synthetic trail concentration to 2.0 ng/cm caused (Z)-9-hexadecenal trails to be significantly preferred over gaster extract trails by trail-following ants.

摘要

在对阿根廷蚂蚁工蚁的实验室追踪生物测定中，（Z）-9-十六碳烯醛的几何异构体（E）-9-十六碳烯醛，以及可能更稳定的甲酸盐类似物（Z）-7-十四碳烯基甲酸盐、（E）-7-十四碳烯基甲酸盐和十四烷基甲酸盐，对追踪行为的激发作用不明显。此外，在直接选择测试中，工蚁对腹部提取物（0.002 蚂蚁当量/cm）的轨迹没有表现出明显的偏好，而对（Z）-9-十六碳烯醛（0.2 ng/cm）的轨迹也没有偏好。此外，合成轨迹浓度增加 10 倍至 2.0 ng/cm 时，（Z）-9-十六碳烯醛的轨迹明显比腹部提取物的轨迹更受追踪蚂蚁的青睐。