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Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz

Title:		"Isolation and identification of 9-methylgermacrene-B as the putative sex pheromone of Lutzomyia cruzi (Mangabeira, 1938) (Diptera: Psychodidae)"
Author(s):		Brazil RP; Hamilton JG;
Address:		"Laboratorio de Leishmanioses, Centro de Pesquisas Rene Rachou, Fiocruz, Belo Horizonte, MG, 30190-002, Brasil. rpbrazil@cpqrr.fiocruz.br"
Journal Title:		Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz
Year:		2002
Volume:		97
Issue:		3
Page Number:		435 - 436
DOI:		10.1590/s0074-02762002000300030
ISSN/ISBN:		0074-0276 (Print) 0074-0276 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) cruzi has been named as a probable vector of Leishmania chagasi in Corumba, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Taxonomically L. cruzi is closely related to the L. longipalpis species complex. Females of L. cruzi and L. longipalpis are morphologically indistinguishable and associated males must be examined carefully to confirm identifications. Chemical analysis hexane extracts of male L. cruzi has revealed the presence of a 9-methylgermacrene-B (C16), a homosesquiterpene (mw 218) previously shown to be the sex pheromone of one of the members of the L. longipalpis species complex"
Keywords:		Animals Brazil Chickens Female Male Psychodidae/*chemistry Sesquiterpenes/*isolation & purification Sex Attractants/*analysis Species Specificity;
Notes:		"MedlineBrazil, Reginaldo P Hamilton, J G C eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Brazil 2002/06/06 Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2002 Apr; 97(3):435-6. doi: 10.1590/s0074-02762002000300030"