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Table 1 Number of CHCs and relative proportions of hydrocarbon substance classes of studied species and sex

From: Evidence for a chemical arms race between cuckoo wasps of the genus Hedychrum and their distantly related host apoid wasps

Species

Sex

Wasp

Sample size

Number of CHC

Methyl-branched Alkanes

Unsaturated CHC

n-Alkanes

Cerceris arenaria

Female

COLw

8

36 ± 1

52.1 ± 0.06

9.4 ± 0.07

38.5 ± 0.04

Cerceris interrupta

Female

COLw

8

34 ± 1

30.9 ± 0.03

29.7 ± 0.04

39.4 ± 0.04

Cerceris quinquefasciata

Female

COLw

14

24 ± 4

60.8 ± 0.09

0.3 ± 0.0

38.9 ± 0.09

Cerceris rybyensis

Female

HYMw

14

21 ± 2

0.1 ± 0.0

65.2 ± 0.11

34.7 ± 0.11

Cerceris sabulosa

Female

HYMw

14

27 ± 3

2.5 ± 0.01

60.6 ± 0.07

36.9 ± 0.07

Hedychrum chalybaeum

Female

brood parasite

9

24 ± 0

0.2 ± 0.0

63.2 ± 0.05

36.6 ± 0.05

Hedychrum gerstaeckeri

Female

brood parasite

14

36 ± 5

5.3 ± 0.04

64.7 ± 0.05

30.0 ± 0.05

Hedychrum niemelai

Female

brood parasite

11

20 ± 2

13.8 ± 0.09

22.2 ± 0.09

64.0 ± 0.1

Hedychrum nobile

Female

brood parasite

13

38 ± 2

47.8 ± 0.05

9.4 ± 0.06

42.8 ± 0.08

Hedychrum rutilans

Female

brood parasite

14

42 ± 3

15.0 ± 0.08

43.7 ± 0.14

41.3 ± 0.1

Philanthus coronatus

Female

HYMw

5

24 ± 2

0.2 ± 0.0

65.4 ± 0.09

34.4 ± 0.09

Philanthus triangulum

Female

HYMw

9

26 ± 2

0.5 ± 0.0

64.9 ± 0.04

34.6 ± 0.04

Cerceris arenaria

Male

COLw

11

31 ± 1

32.8 ± 0.06

26.3 ± 0.06

40.9 ± 0.1

Cerceris interrupta

Male

COLw

6

38 ± 1

19.5 ± 0.04

37.8 ± 0.06

42.7 ± 0.08

Cerceris quinquefasciata

Male

COLw

11

36 ± 3

54.5 ± 0.1

7.7 ± 0.05

37.8 ± 0.09

Cerceris rybyensis

Male

HYMw

14

26 ± 3

1.1 ± 0.01

62.1 ± 0.04

36.9 ± 0.04

Cerceris sabulosa

Male

HYMw

14

23 ± 5

1.2 ± 0.01

63.9 ± 0.06

34.9 ± 0.06

Hedychrum chalybaeum

Male

brood parasite

10

31 ± 1

4.3 ± 0.01

62.4 ± 0.08

33.3 ± 0.08

Hedychrum gerstaeckeri

Male

brood parasite

14

22 ± 2

0.6 ± 0.01

67.4 ± 0.1

32.0 ± 0.1

Hedychrum niemelai

Male

brood parasite

10

24 ± 1

1.8 ± 0.01

53.9 ± 0.16

44.2 ± 0.16

Hedychrum nobile

Male

brood parasite

14

34 ± 1

8.0 ± 0.02

51.3 ± 0.1

40.7 ± 0.1

Hedychrum rutilans

Male

brood parasite

14

34 ± 3

8.5 ± 0.03

58.3 ± 0.06

33.2 ± 0.07

Philanthus coronatus

Male

HYMw

14

20 ± 1

0.0

63.6 ± 0.05

36.4 ± 0.05

Philanthus triangulum

Male

HYMw

12

18 ± 1

0.0

61.5 ± 0.05

38.5 ± 0.05

  1. Average values ± standard deviations are shown