Abstract
The major volatile compounds in the poison glands of two
Monomorium ant species from Saudi Arabia have been identified.
Monomorium niloticum and
Monomorium najrane both contain mixtures of alkyl- and alkenyl-pyrrolidines and -pyrrolines in their venom glands but no Dufour gland volatile compounds were detected.
Monomorium mayri showed neither Dufour gland compounds nor venom components detectable by gas chromatography.