Abstract
Chemical analysis of the mandibular gland secretion of seven ant species in the tribe Tetramoriini showed that 3-octanone was the major component in Tetramorium sericeiventre (70%), T. caespitum (71%) and T. guineense (87%), and 3-octanol in Decamorium uelense (96%). 2-Undecanol, was the major component in T. termitobium (80%), but in two members of the subgenus Xiphomyrmex, T. angulinode and an unidentified species (D), the sesquiterpene furan, perillen, was predominant (91% and 98% respectively). Ants in this subgenus also contained 2-nonanol, 2-undecanol and 2-undecanone in their mandibular glands.
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