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Med Vet Entomol

Title:		Identification of semiochemicals attractive to Simulium vittatum (IS-7)
Author(s):		Verocai GG; Mc GT; Iburg JP; Katholi CR; Cupp EW; Noblet R; Unnasch TR;
Address:		"Department of Global Health, Global Health Infectious Diseases Research Program, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, U.S.A. Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, U.S.A. Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, U.S.A. Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, U.S.A"
Journal Title:		Med Vet Entomol
Year:		2017
Volume:		20161202
Issue:		2
Page Number:		140 - 149
DOI:		10.1111/mve.12218
ISSN/ISBN:		1365-2915 (Electronic) 0269-283X (Linking)
Abstract:		"Many blackfly species (Diptera: Simuliidae) are economically important insect pests, both as nuisance biters and as vectors of pathogens of medical and veterinary relevance. Among the important blackfly pest species in North America is Simulium vittatum Zetterstedt sensu lato. The objective of this study was to identify compounds excreted by mammalian hosts that are attractive to host-seeking S. vittatum females. The attractiveness of putative compounds to colonized S. vittatum was tested through electrophysiological (electroantennography; n = 58 compounds) and behavioural (Y-tube assays; n = 7 compounds in three concentrations) bioassays. Five compounds were significantly attractive to host-seeking S. vittatum females: 1-octen-3-ol; 2-heptanone; acetophenone; 1-octanol, and naphthalene. These candidate compounds might be useful as attractants in traps that could be developed for use in alternative or complementary management tactics in programmes to suppress nuisance blackfly populations, or for the collection of samples in which to study the transmission ecology of pathogens transmitted by blackflies of the S. vittatum complex"
Keywords:		Animals *Chemotaxis Female Insect Vectors/*drug effects/*physiology Pheromones/*pharmacology Simuliidae/*drug effects/*physiology Simuliidae Y-tube assay attractants electroantennography volatile organic compounds;
Notes:		"MedlineVerocai, G G McGAHA, T W Jr Iburg, J P Katholi, C R Cupp, E W Noblet, R Unnasch, T R eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2016/12/03 Med Vet Entomol. 2017 Jun; 31(2):140-149. doi: 10.1111/mve.12218. Epub 2016 Dec 2"