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The effect of male sandfly pheromone and host factors as attractants for female Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae)
Author(s) -
NIGAM YAMNI,
WARD RICHARD D.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
physiological entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1365-3032
pISSN - 0307-6962
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1991.tb00569.x
Subject(s) - biology , pheromone , psychodidae , host (biology) , sandfly , sex pheromone , attraction , zoology , ecology , leishmania , parasite hosting , immunology , leishmaniasis , linguistics , philosophy , world wide web , computer science
Male Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva) pheromone extracted from tergal glands combined with heat, carbon dioxide gas and hamster urine was found to be attractive to virgin female sandflies. The host factors if offered in the absence of pheromone or a heat source were, however, unattractive to female flies. Pheromone stored for 6 days and then combined with the same host components remained attractive to female flies but storage failed to enhance its attractiveness. The effects of carbon dioxide gas, hamster urine, chicken uropygial gland extract and octenol plus acetone on the responses of females were inconsistent. A ceramic battery powered heat source was tested with pheromone and host attractants and showed potential for field application in developing a pheromone trap.