1969•Annals of the Entomological Society of AmericaRequires access

Identification of Hydrocarbons from Novomessor cockerelli1

K. W. Vick, W. A. Drew, D. J. McGurk, E. J. Eisenbraun, George R. Waller

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Procedures and evidence are presented regarding the identification of hydrocarbons found to be present in the gasters of Novomessor cockerelli (André) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Tridecane, n-tetradecane, n-pentadecane, n-hexadecane, n-heptadecane, n-octadecane, and n-nonadecane were identified.

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Key concepts: Heptadecane, Pentadecane, Octadecane, Biology, Tetradecane, Identification (biology), Ecology, Stereochemistry