Mandibular gland chemistry of grass-cutting ants: Species, caste, and colony variation

• Main Authors: Hughes, William O H, Howse, Philip E, Goulson, Dave
• Other Authors: University of Southampton, Biological and Environmental Sciences
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2001
• Subjects: leaf-cutting ants; alarm; pheromone; caste; colony; Attu bisphaerica; Atta capiguara; mandibular gland; Formicidae; Atta; Attu
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1893/7263; https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005624101743; http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/7263/1/goulson_mandibulargland_2001.pdf

The compositions of the alarm pheromones of two species of grass-cutting ant, Atta bisphaerica and A. capiguara, were examined, and caste and colony variations quantified. The pheromones of A. bisphaerica and A. capiguara were remarkably similar and were composed of a complex mixture of volatiles in...