| Autor: |
Fales, Henry M., Jones, Tappey H., Jaouni, Taysir, Blum, Murray S., Schmidt, Justin O. |
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Journal of Chemical Ecology; June 1992, Vol. 18 Issue: 6 p847-854, 8p |
| Abstrakt: |
Cephalic extracts of two unrelated species of ants,Leptogenys processionalis andPogonomyrmex rugosus, have been found to contain 2-phenylpropenal and 2-phenyl-2-butenal, while two other species related to the first,L. chinensis andL. kitteli, lacked either.L. kitteli also produced a tetrasubstituted pyrazine found previously only in two New Zealand ants in the genusMesoponera. The chemical reactivity of the phenylalkenals suggests their function in repelling attack by predators. |
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