NOVEL INTERNALLY BRANCHED, INTERNAL ALKENES AS MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THE CUTICULAR HYDROCARBONS OF THE PRIMITIVE AUSTRALIAN ANT NOTHOMYRMECIA-MACROPS CLARK (HYMENOPTERA, FORMICIDAE)

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作者
BROWN, WV [1 ]
JAISSON, P [1 ]
TAYLOR, RW [1 ]
LACEY, MJ [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV PARIS 13,CTR RECH SCI,UA 667,ETHOL & SOCIOBIOL LAB,F-93430 VILLETANEUSE,FRANCE
关键词
ants; cuticular hydrocarbons; Formicidae; gas chromatography; Hymenoptera; internal alkenes; Internally branched alkenes; mass spectrometry; Nothomyrmecia macrops;
D O I
10.1007/BF00988074
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Internally mono- and dimethyl branched, internal alkenes, which constitute most of the cuticular hydrocarbon present on workers of the primitive Australian ant Nothomyrmecia macrops Clark, have been identified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. They are the first such alkenes reported from insects. Also present are alkanes with similar carbon skeletons. The hydrocarbon patterns of three separate Nothomyrmecia colonies were very similar. © 1990 Plenum Publishing Corporation.
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页码:2623 / 2635
页数:13
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