A temporal comparison of sex-aggregation pheromone gland content and dynamics of release in three members of the Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) species complex.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Mikel A González, Krishna K Bandi, Melissa J Bell, Reginaldo P Brazil, Erin Dilger, Angel Guerrero, Orin Courtenay, James G C Hamilton
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Sobral
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006071; https://doaj.org/article/32c60f7e849a423faf60b0cea040f542

BACKGROUND:Lutzomyia longipalpis is the South American vector of Leishmania infantum, the etiologic agent of visceral leishmaniasis (VL). Male L. longipalpis produce a sex-aggregation pheromone that is critical in mating, yet very little is known about its accumulation over time or factors involved...