Table 2 Relative amount (%, mean ± SE) of volatile compounds in the effluvia of Brindley’s glands of females and males of the three phyllosoma complex species
From: “Sweeter than a rose”, at least to Triatoma phyllosoma complex males (Triatominae: Reduviidae)
Triatoma longipennis | Triatoma pallidipennis | Triatoma phyllosoma | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Compounds/ sex | ♀ | ♂ | ♀ | ♂ | ♀ | ♂ |
1 | Propanoic acid | 4.11 ± 0.69 (10) | 3.69 ± 0.45 (10) | 0.67 ± 0.11 (10) | 2.81 ± 0.45 (10) | 0.91 ± 0.16 (10) | 5.82 ± 1.10 (10) |
2 | Isobutyric acid | 90.35 ± 2.46 (10) | 92.56 ± 0.63 (10) | 91.05 ± 1.94 (10) | 96.31 ± 0.53 (10) | 98.15 ± 0.19 (10) | 88.01 ± 1.67 (10) |
3 | Pentyl butanoate | 0.56 ± 0.12 (10) | 0.72 ± 0.08 (10) | 0.63 ± 0.24 (10) | 0.11 ± 0.01 (10) | 0.25 ± 0.03 (10) | 0.59 ± 0.14 (10 |
4 | 2-Methyl hexanoic acid | 4.98 ± 1.74 (10) | 3.03 ± 0.27 (10) | 7.65 ± 1.69 (10) | 0.78 ± 0.11 (10) | 0.68 ± 0.12 (10) | 5.58 ± 1.57 (10) |