Solenopsis fugax piperidine venom alkaloids

The disubstituted pyrrolidines and piperidines have been demonstrated to be excellent repellents for ants under field conditions. Workers of Monomorium pharaonis effectively repel other species of ants with venom droplets which accumulate on the tip of the sting (37), a strategy that is used with equal success by workers of North American Monomorium species ( 38.) and the European thief ant, Solenopsis fugax (37). The venom of the latter species contains a single alkaloid, trans-2-butyl-5-heptylpyrrolidine (I, m=3, n=6) (1 ), and the... 

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See also in sourсe #XX -- [ , ]

See also in sourсe #XX -- [ , ]

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