
%0 Journal Article
%A Cavill, GWK 
%A Houghton, E 
%T Hydrocarbon constituents of the Argentine ant, <I>Iridomyrmex humilis</I>
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1973/05/01
%V 26
%N 5
%P 1131-1135
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9731131
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9731131 
%X The 26 hydrocarbons identified from Iridomyrmex humilis comprise 0.24% of the body weight of the insect. They include the normal alkanes, C14 to C27, and a number of alkenes and 3- and 5-monomethylalkanes in the range C14 to C20. The presence of 4-methylhexadecane is noted. Two of the constituents, heptadecane and (Z)-nonadec-9-ene, comprise 80% of the total. 
