Review Article
The Sexual Behaviour of Chagas' Disease Vectors: Chemical Signals Mediating Communication between Male and Female Triatomine Bugs
Table 1
Compounds identified from metasternal glands of different triatomine species (references cited in brackets).
| | D. maxima [36] | T. infestans [30] | R. prolixus [16] | T. brasiliensis [34] | T. brasiliensis T. infestans [37] |
| 2-butanone | | + | + | + | | 2-pentanone | | | + | | | (S)-2-butanol | | | + | + | | (R)-2-pentanol | | | | + | | 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol | | | + | | | 3-methyl-2-butanol | | | + | | | 3-pentanone | | + | | + | | 3-methyl-2-hexanone | + | | | | | 3-pentanol | | + | + | + | | (S)-2-pentanol | | | + | | | (E)-2-methyl-3-penten-2-ol | | | + | | | (S)-4-methyl-2-pentanol | | | + | | | (S)-3-hexanol | | | + | + | | (R)-3-hexanol | | | | + | | 3-methyl-2-hexanol | | | | + | | (R)-4-methyl-1-hexanol | | | | + | | 3-hexanol | | + | | | | 2-methyl-1-propanol | | | | + | | 2-methyl-1-butanol | | + | + | | | (S)-2-methyl-1-butanol | | | | + | | 4-methyl-3-penten-2-ol | | | + | | | 1-heptanol | | | | + | | 6-methyl-1-heptanol | | | | + | | (R)-4-methyl-1-heptanol | | | | + | | (R)-1-phenylethanol | | | | + | | (4S,5S)-2,2,4-triethyl-5-methyl-1,3-dioxolane | | | | | + | (4S,5S)-2,4-diethyl-2,5-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolane | | | | | +trace | (2R/S,4S,5S)- and (2R/S,4R,5R)-4-ethyl-5-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)-1,3-dioxolane | | | | | + | (2R/S,4S, 5S)-4-ethyl-5-methyl-2-(1-methylpropyl)-1,3-dioxolane | | | | | +trace | (2R/S,4S, 5S)-4-ethyl-5-methyl-2-(2-methylpropyl)-1,3-dioxolane | | | | | +trace |
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