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Table 1 Relative peak area of cuticular compounds.

From: A cuckoo in wolves' clothing? Chemical mimicry in a specialized cuckoo wasp of the European beewolf (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae and Crabronidae)

 

A. mellifera workers

P. triangulum males

P. triangulum females

H. rutilans females

H. nobile females

C. arenaria females

C21

0.399

-

-

-

0.194

-

C22

0.128

-

-

-

-

-

(Z)-11-Eicosen-1-ol

0.471

-

-

-

-

-

(Z)-9-C23:1

2.81

0.261

-

-

0.884

-

(Z)-7-C23:1

0.301

-

-

-

0.210

-

C23

22.4

16.5

10.2

10.1

3.56

0.138

11-,9-MeC23

-

-

-

-

2.70

-

7-MeC23

-

-

-

-

2.69

-

5-MeC23

-

-

-

-

0.289

-

3-MeC23

-

-

0.387

1.10

1.01

-

C24:1

1.15

0.261

-

-

-

-

C24

0.508

0.756

-

-

0.213

0.188

(Z)-9-C25:1

5.31

34.5

40.8

11.0

9.55

0.038

(Z)-7-C25:1

0.233

-

-

10.6

3.10

0.087

C25

24.8

9.49

5.80

20.3

21.0

32.7

13-,11-,9-MeC25

0.043

-

-

1.95

9.41

1.22

7-MeC25

0.010

-

-

0.975

8.33

0.188

5-MeC25

-

-

-

0.489

1.40

0.576

7,11-diMeC25, 3-MeC25

-

-

-

-

0.710

0.254

C26:1

-

0.281

0.443

0.211

-

-

C26

0.384

-

-

-

0.764

0.531

13-,12-,11-,10-,9-,8-,7-MeC26

-

-

-

-

0.639

0.370

16-Pentacosen-8-one

-

-

0.307

-

-

-

(Z)-9-C27:1

1.93

2.16

31.2

13.9

0.683

0.434

(Z)-7-C27:1

-

-

-

6.32

0.588

5.42

C27

12.9

5.15

2.51

10.6

10.9

7.12

13-,11-,9-,7-MeC27

0.368

-

-

1.58

15.0

25.7

5-MeC27

-

-

-

-

0.311

0.073

9,13-diMeC27

-

-

-

-

0.412

0.320

7,11-diMeC27, 3-MeC27

-

-

-

-

-

0.223

5,9-,5,11-diMeC27

-

-

-

-

-

0.643

C28

0.154

-

-

-

0.249

0.197

14-,13-,12-,11-,10-,9-,8-,7-MeC28

-

-

-

-

0.286

0.546

18-Heptacosen-10-one

-

-

0.527

-

-

-

(Z)-9-C29:1

0.341

0.047

1.38

0.571

-

0.771

7-C29:1

0.653

-

-

-

-

5.00

C29

4.53

3.49

4.01

8.36

1.79

4.00

13-,11-,9-,7-MeC29

0.250

-

-

-

2.42

11.9

5-MeC29

-

-

-

-

-

0.247

7,11-diMeC29+3-MeC29

-

-

-

-

-

0.031

5,13-,5,11-,5,9-diMeC29

-

-

-

-

-

0.083

C30

-

-

-

-

-

0.055

14-,13-,12-,11-,10-,9-,8-MeC30

-

-

-

-

-

0.080

C31:1

4.78

0.553

-

-

-

0.046

C31:1

0.635

0.491

-

-

-

0.098

C31

5.41

1.85

2.47

1.98

--

0.246

15-,13-,11-,9-,7-MeC31

-

-

-

-

0.635

0.490

C33:1

0.762

-

-

-

-

-

C33:1

7.87

11.7

-

-

-

-

C33

0.377

12.6

-

-

-

-

  1. Relative peak area (in percent, not transformed) of compounds on the cuticle of A. mellifera workers (N = 8), P. triangulum males (N = 8), P. triangulum females (N = 7), H. rutilans females N = 13), H. nobile females (N = 4), and C. arenaria females (N = 4).