Table 2.
Comparison of the number of alkene and (diene) isomers at each chain length for each of the six Melipona species studied here and those in other published studies
| Species | C23:1 | C25:1 (C25:2) | C27:1 (C27:2) | C29:1 (C29:2) | C31:1 (C31:2) | C33:1 (C33:2) | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. asilvai (This study) ([Z]-16,15,14,12,11,10,9,8,7) | 1 | 3 | 5(1) | 5(2) | 7(2) | 4(1) | 25(6) |
| M. aslivai (Nascimento and Nascimento 2012) | 2 | 3 | 3(2) | 4(2) | 15(9) | ||
| M.beecheii (Quezada-Euan et al. 2013) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2(1) | 1(1) | 6(2) | |
| M.beecheii (Leonhardt et al. 2013) | 1 | 4 | 3(1) | 2 | 9(1) | ||
| M. bicolor (Abdalla et al. 2003) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| M. costarisensis (Leonhardt et al. 2013) | 3 | 4(1) | 4(2) | 3(4) | 1(1) | 15(8) | |
| M. fasciculata (This study) ( Z )-9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| M. mandacaia (This study) ( Z )-9,7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| M. marginata (Ferreira-Caliman et al. 2010 ) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2(2) | 4(2) | 13(4) | |
| M. quadrifasciata (This study) ( Z )-9,14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| M. rufiventris (Pianaro et al. 2007) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2(1) | 2(3) | 2(2) | 12(6) |
| M. scutellaris (Pianaro et al. 2007) | 2 | 2 | 2(1) | 1 | 1 | 8(1) | |
| M. scutellaris (This study) ( Z )-9, 11,13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2(1) | 1(2) | 12(3) |
| M. subnitida (dos Santos et al. 2015) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3(2) | 2(2) | 12(4) | |
| M. subnitida (This study) ( Z )-10,9,8,7,6 | 3 | 2 | 3(2) | 2(2) | 10(4) | ||
| Totals | 12 | 34(1) | 30(3) | 37(15) | 30(17) | 11(7) |
The alkene isomers determined for the first time in this study are given in bold