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Table 3 Relative amount (%, mean ± SE) of volatile compounds in the effluvia of Metasternal 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

2-Pentanone

0.19 ± 0.02 (7)

0.29 ± 0.03 (8)

0.1 ± 0.02 (6)

1.33 ± 0.12 (7)

0.15 ± 0.02 (6)

t

2

3-Methyl-2-pentanone

5.58 ± 0.41 (8)

9.94 ± 0.90 (7)

3.11 ± 0.47 (8)

12.56 ± 0.86 (8)

8.63 ± 1.11 (8)

2.42 ± 0.42 (7)

3

2-Butanol

nd

nd

0.83 ± 0.14 (6)

1.76 ± 0.12 (6)

nd

nd

4

2-Methyl-3-buten-2-ol

nd

nd

0.49 ± 0.06 (8)

1.19 ± 0.12 (8)

nd

nd

5

3-Methyl-2-hexanone

34.65 ± 1.72 (10)

45.48 ± 3.07 (10)

8.93 ± 0.94 (10)

18.52 ± 2.34 (9)

73.99 ± 0.08 (9)

90.84 ± 1.12 (9)

6

4-Methyl-2-heptanol

1.1 ± 0.06 (7)

1.44 ± 0.09 (8)

1.35 ± 0.15 (6)

3.1 ± 0.56 (7)

nd

nd

7

3,5-Dimethyl-2-hexanone

3.57 ± 0.30 (8)

3.14 ± 0.26 (7)

0.44 ± 0.06 (7)

2.69 ± 0.23 (8)

t

1.2 ± 0.13 (7)

8

2-Methyl-3-pentanol

4.44 ± 0.23 (9)

1.75 ± 0.13 (6)

1.03 ± 0.08 (8)

4.82 ± 0.58 (7)

nd

nd

9

4-Methyl-2-pentanol

0.15 ± 0.01 (8)

0.17 ± 0.02 (5)

nd

nd

nd

nd

10

3,5-Dimethyl-2-hexanone isomera

0.12 ± 0.01 (8)

0.17 ± 0.02 (8)

nd

nd

0.2 ± 0.04 (8)

0.84 ± 0.13 (7)

11

6-Methyl-2-heptanol

13.42 ± 1.01 (6)

17.57 ± 1.18 (7)

2.95 ± 0.16 (6)

1.15 ± 0.14 (5)

0.4 ± 0.07 (7)

2.91 ± 0.40 (8)

12

2-Methyl-1-butanol

nd

nd

1.11 ± 0.20 (7)

3.6 ± 0.51 (6)

t

t

13

5-Methyl-2-heptanol

0.1 ± 0.01 (7)

0.15 ± 0.02 (6)

nd

nd

nd

nd

14

2-Hexanol

0.16 ± 0.01 (9)

0.49 ± 0.04 (7)

0.4 ± 0.03 (8)

3.58 ± 0.45 (7)

nd

nd

15

2-Heptanol

nd

nd

nd

nd

0.22 ± 0.04 (6)

t

16

1-Octen-3-one

1.8 ± 0.19 (10)

1.48 ± 0.12 (9)

0.61 ± 0.05 (9)

1.55 ± 0.20 (9)

0.28 ± 0.03 (8)

t

17

3-Methyl-2-hexanol

0.37 ± 0.05 (10)

7.87 ± 1.40 (9)

4.79 ± 0.05 (9)

13.35 ± 1.45 (8)

1.04 ± 0.17 (9)

0.9 ± 0.18 (8)

18

3-Methyl-2-hexanol isomera

0.18 ± 0.01 (6)

0.41 ± 0.05 (8)

0.68 ± 0.89 (7)

1.74 ± 0.17 (6)

0.1 ± 0.01 (7)

t

19

2-Decanol

nd

nd

3.67 ± 0.04 (6)

19.65 ± 1.77 (7)

0.25 ± 0.06 (5)

0.2 ± 0.04 (8)

20

cis-Rose oxide

10.87 ± 0.41 (10)

nd

44.42 ± 0.53 (8)

nd

11.25 ± 0.83 (8)

nd

21

trans-Rose oxide

3.84 ± 0.41 (10)

nd

17.66 ± 2.58 (9)

nd

2.43 ± 0.43 (9)

nd

22

2-Nonanol

1.24 ± 0.13 (7)

6.69 ± 0.1 (6)

nd

nd

nd

nd

23

1-Octen-3-ol

16.27 ± 1.79 (9)

6.69 ± 0.63 (7)

3.03 ± 0.10 (7)

3.49 ± 0.41 (8)

0.12 ± 0.01 (8)

0.11 ± 0.03 (8)

24

3,5-Dimethyl-1-hexene

0.18 ± 0.01 (8)

0.84 ± 0.06 (9)

nd

nd

0.19 ± 0.02 (7)

0.14 ± 0.03 (7)

25

Decanal

1.78 ± 0.11 (10)

1.44 ± 0.14 (9)

4.41 ± 0.50 (8)

5.92 ± 0.48 (9)

1.15 ± 0.12 (8)

t

  1. aCompounds not identified by comparison to pure standards
  2. Note: Numbers in parentheses indicate the detection frequency for each compound (n = 10 samples)
  3. Abbreviations: t, traces (< 0.1% abundance); nd, not detected