Examination of the interior of sand fly (Diptera: Psychodidae) abdomen reveals novel cuticular structures involved in pheromone release: Discovering the manifold.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Gabriel B Tonelli, José D Andrade-Filho, Aldenise M Campos, Carina Margonari, Amanda R Amaral, Petr Volf, Elisabeth J Shaw, James G C Hamilton
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Sobral
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009733; https://doaj.org/article/4f9e25a5d3704b0a90200f4f65f2811d

The males of many species of New World Phlebotomines produce volatile terpenoid chemicals, shown in Lutzomyia longipalpis s.l. to be sex/aggregation pheromones. Pheromone is produced by secretory cells which surround a cuticular reservoir which collects the pheromone and passes it through a cuticula...