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formicinae; ant; exocrine secretion; hydrocarbons; species
specificity; species diagnosis; postpharyngeal gland
Hydrocarbons; chromatography; hymenoptera; formicidae; samples
Abstract:
The Cataglyphis bicolor group of species of desert-dwelling ants, difficult to identify from morphological features atone, can he readily recognized by the contents of their postpharyngeal glands. Analysis by linked gas chromatography- mass spectrometry