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Semiochemical mediation of oviposition by the phlebotomine sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis
Author(s) -
DOUGHERTY M. J.,
HAMILTON J. G. C.,
WARD R. D.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
medical and veterinary entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2915
pISSN - 0269-283X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1993.tb00680.x
Subject(s) - sandfly , biology , semiochemical , psychodidae , zoology , lutzomyia , ecology , evolutionary biology , leishmaniasis , leishmania , immunology , sex pheromone , parasite hosting , world wide web , computer science
. Extracts of rabbit food, hay and rabbit faeces elicited a positive oviposition response from gravid female Lutzomyia longipalpis sandflies (Diptera: Phlebotominae). Combined extract of rabbit food and oviposition pheromone had a synergistic effect on sandfly egg‐laying, greatly increasing the number of eggs laid and resulting in a highly targeted response. Individually tubed flies, exposed to the combined extract, were shown to be 3.5 times more likely to survive oviposition and laid 2.5 times more eggs than control flies. A laboratory oviposition trap baited with the combined extract was tested in a cage and caught 31 (62%) of 50 gravid L.longipalpis over a 72h period.