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