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Science 2 October 1964:
Vol. 146. no. 3640, pp. 79 - 80
DOI: 10.1126/science.146.3640.79
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Venom and Venom Apparatus of the Bull Ant, Myrmecia gulosa (Fabr.)

G. W. K. Cavill 1, Phyllis L. Robertson 1, and F. B. Whitfield 1

1 School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia

The venom of Myrmecia gulosa (Myrmeciinae, Formicidae) is of a proteinaceous type and is separated by electrophoresis into eight components. The venom contains histamine, a hyaluronidase, and a direct hemolytic factor. It also shows kinin-like activity. In structure the venom apparatus is found to be massively formed internally as well as externally. It is distinguished from the apparatus of representatives of other ant subfamilies by characteristics of the free gland filaments, the reservoir wall, the intra-reservoir glandular area, and the accessory gland.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Ant Venoms, Attractants, and Repellents.
G. W. K. Cavill and P. L. Robertson (1965)
Science 149, 1337-1345
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