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Parasit Vectors

Title:		Attraction of the sand fly Nyssomyia neivai (Diptera: Psychodidae) to chemical compounds in a wind tunnel
Author(s):		Machado VE; Correa AG; Goulart TM; Silva FB; Ortiz DG; Pinto MC;
Address:		"Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas, Faculdade de Ciencias Farmaceuticas, Universidade Estadual Julio de Mesquita Filho, UNESP, 14801-902, Araraquara, SP, Brazil. vicentemachado@yahoo.com.br. Departamento de Quimica, Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, 13565-905, Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil. agcorrea@ufscar.br. Departamento de Zoologia Animal, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil. thamarchi@gmail.com. Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas, Faculdade de Ciencias Farmaceuticas, Universidade Estadual Julio de Mesquita Filho, UNESP, 14801-902, Araraquara, SP, Brazil. flavinhabenini@gmail.com. Universidade de Franca, 14404-611, Franca, SP, Brazil. dennysbiol@hotmail.com. Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas, Faculdade de Ciencias Farmaceuticas, Universidade Estadual Julio de Mesquita Filho, UNESP, 14801-902, Araraquara, SP, Brazil. marap@fcfar.unesp.br"
Journal Title:		Parasit Vectors
Year:		2015
Volume:		20150307
Issue:
Page Number:		147 -
DOI:		10.1186/s13071-015-0748-y
ISSN/ISBN:		1756-3305 (Electronic) 1756-3305 (Linking)
Abstract:		"BACKGROUND: Similar to other hematophagous insects, male and female sand flies must feed on plants to obtain sugar and, subsequently, energy to complete their life cycles. A large number of compounds emitted by plants may act as volatile signals to these insects. Primary alcohols have been detected in some plants, but in small amounts. In a previous report, the attractiveness of saturated primary alcohols with 7 to 9 carbons was evaluated for Lutzomyia longipalpis, the vector of American visceral leishmaniasis, with positive results. METHODS: In the present study, a wide range of primary alcohols, 3 to 10 carbons, were tested to investigate their attractiveness to another sand fly species, Nyssomyia neivai, a putative vector of American cutaneous leishmaniasis. The mixture of compounds that induced the best sand fly response was also evaluated. RESULTS: Of the eight compounds evaluated, hexanol and octanol elicited the best attractive responses for sand fly females. CONCLUSION: Phytochemicals may be an interesting source of search for new sand fly attractants"
Keywords:		"Alcohols/chemistry/*metabolism Animals Behavior, Animal/*physiology Female Insect Vectors/*physiology Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous/transmission Male Pheromones/*metabolism Phytochemicals/chemistry/*pharmacology Psychodidae/*physiology;"
Notes:		"MedlineMachado, Vicente Estevam Correa, Arlene Goncalves Goulart, Thais Marchi Silva, Flavia Benini da Rocha Ortiz, Dennys Ghenry Samillan Pinto, Mara Cristina eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2015/04/19 Parasit Vectors. 2015 Mar 7; 8:147. doi: 10.1186/s13071-015-0748-y"