Table 1

Relative peak area of cuticular compounds.

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
 -
 -
 -
 -

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).

Strohm et al. Frontiers in Zoology 2008 5:2   doi:10.1186/1742-9994-5-2