Regnier F E, Wilson E O
Science. 1971 Apr 16;172(3980):267-9. doi: 10.1126/science.172.3980.267.
Slave-maker ants of the Formica sanguinea group direct their raids by means of odor trails. Artificial trails made from whole-body extracts and extracts of Dufour's glands and hindguts can be used to guide columns of workers to selected target colonies and to initiate raids. In workers of F. pergandei and F. subintegra, members of the F. sanguinea group, the Dufour's glands are hypertrophied and contain large quantities of three acetates (decyl, dodecyl, and tetradecyl), which are discharged at defending workers during the slave raids. The acetates produce very efficient, long-lasting alarm signals that attract the slave-makers but disperse the defenders; in effect, therefore, they are "propaganda substances."
血蚁属的蓄奴蚁通过气味踪迹来指挥它们的袭击行动。用蚁体提取物、杜氏腺提取物和后肠提取物制成的人工踪迹，可用于引导工蚁队伍前往选定的目标蚁群并发起袭击。在血蚁属的佩氏蚁和亚全异蚁（血蚁属的成员）的工蚁中，杜氏腺肥大，含有大量的三种乙酸酯（癸基、十二烷基和十四烷基），这些乙酸酯在蓄奴袭击期间会排放到防御的工蚁身上。这些乙酸酯会产生非常有效且持久的警报信号，吸引蓄奴蚁但驱散防御蚁；因此，实际上它们是“宣传物质”。
