Overlooked scents: chemical profile of soma, volatile emissions and trails of the green tree ant, Oecophylla smaragdina

Vivek Kempraj; Soo Jean Park; Stefano De Faveri; Phillip W. Taylor

doi:10.3390/molecules25092112

Overlooked scents: chemical profile of soma, volatile emissions and trails of the green tree ant, Oecophylla smaragdina

Vivek Kempraj^*, Soo Jean Park, Stefano De Faveri, Phillip W. Taylor

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Abstract

The green tree ant, Oecophylla smaragdina, is one of only two recognized species of weaver ants. While the identity and functions of chemicals produced and emitted by its congener O. longinoda have been studied quite extensively and serve as a valuable model in chemical ecology research, little comparable information is available about O. smaragdina. Although some analyses of chemicals produced and emitted by O. smaragdina have been reported, the literature is fragmentary and incomplete for this species. To address this knowledge gap, and to enable comparisons in the chemical ecology of the two weaver ant species, we here describe diverse chemicals from the cuticle, Dufour’s glands, poison glands, head, headspace volatiles, and trails of O. smaragdina.

Original language	English
Article number	2112
Pages (from-to)	1-13
Number of pages	13
Journal	Molecules
Volume	25
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25092112
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2020

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Oecophylla smaragdina
cuticular hydrocarbons
headspace volatiles
chemical ecology
Cuticular hydrocarbons
Headspace volatiles
Chemical ecology

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