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Similarity in oviposition aggregation pheromone composition within the Simulium damnosum (Diptera: Simuliidae) species complex

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

P. J. McCall ,
M. D. Wilson ,
B. D. Dueben ,
B. M. de Clare Bronsvoort  and
R. R. Heath
P. J. McCall*
Affiliation:
Division of Parasite and Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
M. D. Wilson
Affiliation:
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
B. D. Dueben
Affiliation:
Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service, Gainesville, Florida, USA
B. M. de Clare Bronsvoort
Affiliation:
Division of Parasite and Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
R. R. Heath
Affiliation:
Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service, Gainesville, Florida, USA
*
*International Institute of Parasitology, 395A Hatfield Road, St Albans, Herts, AL4 0XU, UK.
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Abstract

The oviposition aggregation pheromone of six species or forms of the Simulium damnosum Theobald complex (Diptera: Simuliidae) from different sites in West Africa, was investigated by gas chromatographic analysis of hexane extracts of the ovaries from wild-caught flies, bloodfed and maintained until gravid in the laboratory. The two compounds previously shown to be released from fresh eggs and associated with mediation of oviposition aggregation were found in S. leonense Boakye, Post & Mosha (Sierra Leone), S. yahense Vajime & Dunbar (Ghana), S. sanctipauli Vajime & Dunbar (Ghana), S. sqnamosum; Enderlein (Cameroon), S. sirbanum Vajime & Dunbar (Ghana) and the Bioko form (island of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea). Coupled gas chromatography–mass spectrometry of the S. leonense, S. sanctipauli and the Bioko form extracts showed the two compounds to be identical in all three. Volatile emissions from freshly laid eggs of S. sanctipauli were similar to those previously described from S. leonense, and identical in chemical composition to gravid ovaries. No new compounds were detected in any ovary extracts or volatile emissions examined, demonstrating that the composition of the aggregation pheromone is similar throughout the S. damnosum species complex. Analysis of S. leonense adults of different age groups and physiological states showed that the compounds are detectable only in gravid ovaries at 2 or more days following the bloodmeal, suggesting that production of the pheromone occurs during egg development. Demonstration of an oviposition aggregation pheromone common throughout the species complex raises the possibility of developing an odour-baited trapping system for blackflies, which could be employed across the large area of Africa where they are the vectors of onchocerciasis.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 87 , Issue 6 , December 1997 , pp. 609 - 616
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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