Species Specificity of the Putative Male Antennal Aphrodisiac Pheromone in Leptopilina heterotoma, Leptopilina boulardi, and Leptopilina victoriae
Table 1
Mean (±SD) relative amounts and linear retention indices of the compounds extracted from the antennae of males of L. heterotoma, L. boulardi, and L. victoriae.
Compound
Retention index
L. heterotoma
L. boulardi
L. victoriae
Mean
SD
Mean
SD
Mean
SD
4-Methyl octacosane
2858
10.95
2.47
21.59
3.40
6.97
1.02
Unidentified
2944
0.53
0.24
0.69
1.05
0.26
0.20
Methyl triacontane1
3024
0.08
0.14
3.81
0.99
0.27
0.09
4-Methyl triacontane
3056
16.70
4.93
10.69
1.25
26.79
6.78
Methyl hentriacontene1
3106
0.20
0.33
14.04
1.22
0.05
0.03
Methyl hentriacontene1
3114
0.16
0.30
11.82
2.22
0.31
0.17
Methyl hentriacontane1
3121
1.37
0.92
1.15
0.25
2.30
0.99
Unidentified
3140
4.42
1.59
7.96
1.18
5.09
1.24
Methyl hentriacontane1
3157
0.53
0.43
0.15
0.11
0.44
0.15
Methyl hentriacontane1
3168
0.59
0.46
0.22
0.10
0.82
0.39
Methyl dotriacontane1
3222
0.24
0.20
1.38
0.33
0.61
0.31
Tritriacontadiene1
3242
2.83
1.12
15.29
4.93
2.07
0.56
Tritriacontadiene1
3249
2.24
0.89
0.03
0.04
3.26
1.26
4-Methyl dotriacontane
3255
3.59
1.03
0.27
0.14
3.92
1.14
Methyl tritriacontene1
3305
0.17
0.38
9.05
2.38
0.02
0.02
Methyl tritriacontene1
3314
1.73
1.57
0.23
0.08
0.32
0.18
Methyl tritriacontane1
3320
1.57
1.63
0.10
0.08
0.78
0.36
Unidentified
3336
0.95
0.37
1.14
1.71
0.00
0.00
Unidentified
3341
1.00
0.58
0.01
0.01
0.00
0.00
Unidentified
3342
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.96
0.50
Methyl tritriacontane1
3349
0.61
0.72
0.10
0.20
0.00
0.01
Methyl tritriacontane1
3355
0.98
0.96
0.02
0.05
0.00
0.00
Pentatriacontadiene1
3441
48.57
8.27
0.27
0.20
42.04
7.33
Pentatriacontadiene1
3448
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
2.72
0.85
The position of the methyl branch and/or the double bond could not be determined.
