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Pheromone disseminating structures in tergites of male phlebotomines (Diptera: Psychodidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

R. D. Ward ,
J. G. C. Hamilton ,
M. Dougherty ,
A. L. Falcao ,
M. D. Feliciangeli ,
J. E. Perez  and
C. J. Veltkamp
R. D. Ward*
Affiliation:
Vector Biology and Control Group, Biomedical Division, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK
J. G. C. Hamilton
Affiliation:
Vector Biology and Control Group, Biomedical Division, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK
M. Dougherty
Affiliation:
Vector Biology and Control Group, Biomedical Division, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK
A. L. Falcao
Affiliation:
Centro de Pesquisas Rene Rachou, FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
M. D. Feliciangeli
Affiliation:
Universidad de Carabobo, Nucleo Aragua, Maracay, Venezuela
J. E. Perez
Affiliation:
Universidad Peruana Cayetano, Heredia, Lima, Peru
C. J. Veltkamp
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, Liverpool University, UK
*
Vector Biology & Control Group, Biomedical Division, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, UK.
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Abstract

Following the examination of 53 Lutzomyia spp., seven Phlebotomus spp. and five Sergentomyia spp. (Diptera: Psychodidae) new observations are recorded on the presence of pheromone disseminating structures on the tergites of male phlebotomine sandflies. Descriptions are given of 11 of the species which include structures such as simple cuticular pores in craters, pores with emergent spines, and mammiform papules with or without spiny processes. Pheromone papule distribution on the tergites of Lutzomyia pessoai (Coutinho & Barretto) is plotted and gas chromatography and GC-mass spectroscopy have been used to demonstrate the presence of a diterpene compound similar to a sexual attractant pheromone observed in some L. longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva) populations.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 83 , Issue 3 , September 1993 , pp. 437 - 445
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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