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Table 1 Carotenoid content and composition of various aphid species that belong to the Aphididae family

From: Elucidation of the whole carotenoid biosynthetic pathway of aphids at the gene level and arthropodal food chain involving aphids and the red dragonfly

Aphid species

The broad bean aphid

The pea aphid

Japanese radish aphid

“Taiwan bear aphid”

Celery aphid 

The Asian woolly hackberry aphid

Cotton aphid

Large chestnut aphid

 

Megoura crassicauda

Acyrthosiphon pisum

Brevicoryne brassicae

Uroleucon formosanum

Semiaphis heraclei

Shivaphis celti

Aphis gossypii

Lachnus tropicalis

Collected placea

Koka-shi, Shiga;

Koka-shi, Shiga;

Sakyo-ku, Kyoto

Sakyo-ku, Kyoto

Sakyo-ku, Kyoto

Sakyo-ku, Kyoto

Sakyo-ku, Kyoto

Sakyo-ku, Kyoto

 

Sakyo-ku, Kyoto

Sakyo-ku, Kyoto

      

Total carotenoid content (μg/g)

133.6

39.7

52.0

72.7

170

26.5

192.7

0

Carotenoid composition (%)

 β,β-carotene (β-carotene)

19.5

70.2

14.0

19.4

22.1

5.8

14.7

 

 β-zeacarotene

    

1.8

51.6

0.5

 

 β,ψ-carotene (γ-carotene)

 

2.2

 

33.5

11.2

13.5

58.5

 

 γ,ψ-carotene

13.7

1.2

12.0

 

7.5

6.4

  

 β,γ-carotene

48.8

15.9

33.8

38.8

33.7

14.8

23.6

 

 γ,γ-carotene

4.3

3.7

10.0

 

13.1

   

 Torulene

  

12.8

     

 Others

13.7

6.8

17.4

8.3

10.6

7.9

2.7

 

 Body number examined

50

100

45

56

45

50

not counted

not counted

  1. aAphid samples, whose all were wingless forms, were collected between May and June, 2019