title: Novel internally branched, internal alkenes as major components of the cuticular hydrocarbons of the primitive australian antNothomyrmecia macrops Clark (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
abstract: Internally mono- and dimethyl branched, internal alkenes, which constitute most of the cuticular hydrocarbon present on workers of the primitive Australian antNothomyrmecia macrops Clark, have been identified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. They are the first such alkenes reported from insects. Also present are alkanes with similar carbon skeletons. The hydrocarbon patterns of three separateNothomyrmecia colonies were very similar.
authors.affiliation: Division of Entomology, CSIRO, G.P.O. Box 1700, 2601, Canberra, A.C.T., Australia.
authors.forename: W V
authors.initials: WV
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jaisson
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Lacey