Tridecane is a natural component found in various insects and has been identified in the Halyomorpha halys bug as a pheromone (1). Using chemical analyzes and behavioral tests, it has been shown that ...

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Tridecane is a natural component found in various insects and has been identified in the Halyomorpha halys bug as a pheromone (1).

Using chemical analyzes and behavioral tests, it has been shown that n-tridecane is the main biologically active compound of secretions of the lice glands in ants Messor pergandei and Messor andrei and that it functions chemically as a powerful alarm-recruiting pheromone (2).

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(1) Semiochemical Production and Laboratory Behavior Response of the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Halyomorpha Halys.
Harris C, Abubeker S, Yu M, Leskey T, Zhang A.
PLoS One. 2015 Nov 3;10(11):e0140876. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140876.

(2) Pygidial gland chemistry and potential alarm-recruitment function in column foraging, but not solitary, Nearctic Messor harvesting ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae).
Hölldobler B, Plowes NJ, Johnson RA, Nishshanka U, Liu C, Attygalle AB.
J Insect Physiol. 2013 Sep;59(9):863-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2013.06.006.

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