MAJOR COMPONENT OF THE TRAIL PHEROMONE OF THE LEAF-CUTTING ANT, ATTA-SEXDENS-RUBROPILOSA FOREL - 3-ETHYL-2,5-DIMETHYLPYRAZINE

被引：79

作者：

CROSS, JH

BYLER, RC

RAVID, U

SILVERSTEIN, RM

ROBINSON, SW

BAKER, PM

SABINODEOLIVEIRA, J

JUTSUM, AR

CHERRETT, JM

机构：

[1] SUNY COLL ENVIRONM SCI & FORESTRY, DEPT CHEM, SYRACUSE, NY 13210 USA

[2] MINIST AGR, EXTNS SERV, SAN LORENZO, PARAGUAY

[3] UNIV FED RIO DE JANEIRO, CTR CIENCIAS SAUDE, NUCL PESQUISAS, 20000 RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

[4] UNIV WALES UNIV COLL N WALES, DEPT APPL ZOOL, BANGOR LL57 2UW, GWYNEDD, WALES

来源：

JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY | 1979年 / 5卷 / 02期

关键词：

3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine; Atta cephalotes; Atta sexdens; bait pickup; foraging; leaf-cutting ants; Trail pheromone;

D O I：

10.1007/BF00988234

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：

The major component of the trail pheromone of the South American leaf-cutting ant, Atta sexdens rubropilosa Forel, is 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (II). Methyl and ethyl phenylacetate and methyl 4-methylpyrrole-2-carboxylate (I), which is the major component of the trail pheromone of A. texana (Buckley) and A. cephalotes (L.), were also identified and may be minor components. The pheromone is stored in the poison gland. Atta sexdens sexdens (L.) also responds strongly to the pyrazine, which in large amounts evokes a weak response from A. texana, A. cephalotes, and Acromyrmex octospinosus (Reich). Foraging workers of Atta sexdens rubropilosa did not preferentially pick up baits impregnated with the pyrazine. The pyrazine was puffed into the nests of A. cephalotes, and a particular response called milling" was noted. © 1979 Plenum Publishing Corporation."

引用

页码：187 / 203

页数：17

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