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The contents of the pygidial gland of the primitive antNothomyrmecia macrops (Hymenoptera:Formicidae)

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The principal constituent of the pygidial gland ofNothomyrmecia macrops is 3,7-dimethyloct-6-en-2-one, a substance not previously identified in insects. Also identified were 2,6-dimethylhept-5-enal, 2-nonanone, indole, γ-dodecalactone, and the hydrocarbons pentadecane, heptadecane, heptadecene and heptadecadiene, all in low nanogram quantities.

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  1. Zoological Institute, University of Leuven, Naamsestraat 59, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium

    J. P. J. Billen

  2. Department of Chemistry, University of Keele, ST5 5BG, Staffordshire, England

    B. D. Jackson & E. D. Morgan

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Billen, J.P.J., Jackson, B.D. & Morgan, E.D. The contents of the pygidial gland of the primitive antNothomyrmecia macrops (Hymenoptera:Formicidae). Experientia 44, 794–797 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01959170

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