Cuticular hydrocarbon analysis was performed on workers of the Allegheny mound ant, Formica exsectoides. Cuticular hydrocarbons were extracted by hexane solvent and analyzed using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Approximately sixty nests were sampled. Relevant peaks on the chromatograms obtained from the GC/MS from the different colonies of ants were compared to one another. The MS was used to help identify the peaks of interest. Correlation between profiles of F. exsectoides and behavioral data are discussed.
Species 1: Hymenoptera Formicidae Formica exsectoides (Allegheny mound ant)
Keywords: cuticular hydrocarbon
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