Pheromones and Semiochemicals of Conomyrma pyramica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), the Pyramid ant

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Semiochemicals of Conomyrma pyramica, the Pyramid ant

Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Uniramia
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Genus:	Conomyrma
Tribe:	Tapinomini
Author:	Say

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Semiochemical(s):

Blum MS

1966b

Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am.

59:

774

7-2Kt

�Relative ratio of the component�

�(*) indicates that compound is active�

P �Category of the chemical signal

A -	Attractant
Al -	Allomone
K -	Kairomone
P -	Pheromone
Sy -	Synomone�

W �Source of the chemical signal

F -	Female
H -	Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -	Lure
M -	Male
M&F -	Male and Female
S -	Solider
Q -	Queen
W -	Worker�

�Amount

pg -	Picogram
ng -	Nanogram
�g -	Microgram
mg -	Milligram
g -	Gram�

Alarm pheromone

Reference(s):

Blum, M.S., and Warter, S.L. 1966b. Chemical releasers of social behavior. VII. The isolation of 2-heptanone from Conomyrma pyramica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) and its modus operandi as a releaser of alarm and digging behavior. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 59:774-779.

Citation: El-Sayed AM 2024. The Pherobase: Database of Pheromones and Semiochemicals. <http://www.pherobase.com>.
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