| Title: | "Morphological Characterization of the Antennal Sensilla of the Afrotropical Sand Fly, Phlebotomus duboscqi (Diptera: Psychodidae)" |
| Author(s): | Bahia AC; Barletta ABF; Pinto LC; Orfano AS; Nacif-Pimenta R; Volfova V; Petr V; Secundino NFC; de Freitas Fernandes F; Pimenta PFP; |
| Address: | "Laboratory of Insects and Parasites Biochemistry, Carlos Chagas Filho Biophysics Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA. Laboratory of Medical Entomology (LEM), Rene Rachou Institute (IRR), FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. Postgraduate Program in Tropical Medicine, Manaus, AM, Brazil. Federal University of Goias (UFG), Goiania, GO, Brazil. Tropical Medicine Foundation Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, AM, Brazil" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1938-2928 (Electronic) 0022-2585 (Print) 0022-2585 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "We investigated by scanning electron microscopy the morphology, distribution, and abundance of antennal sensilla of females Phlebotomus duboscqi sand fly, an important vector of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis at Afrotropical region. Thirteen well-differentiated sensilla were identified, among six types of cuticular sensilla. The probable function of these sensillary types is discussed in relation to their external structure and distribution. Five sensillary types were classified as olfactory sensilla, as they have specific morphological characters of sensilla with this function. Number and distribution of sensilla significantly differed between antennal segments. The results of the present work, besides corroborating in the expansion of the morphological and ultrastructural knowledge of P. duboscqi, can foment future electrophysiological studies for the development of volatile semiochemicals, to be used as attractants in traps for monitoring and selective vector control of this sand fly" |
| Keywords: | Animals Female Phlebotomus/physiology/*ultrastructure Sensilla/physiology/*ultrastructure Leishmania major Phlebotominae antenna sand fly ultrastructure; |
| Notes: | "MedlineBahia, Ana Cristina Barletta, Ana Beatriz F Pinto, Luciana Conceicao Orfano, Alessandra S Nacif-Pimenta, Rafael Volfova, Vera Petr, Volf Secundino, Nagila Francinete Costa de Freitas Fernandes, Fernando Pimenta, Paulo Filemon P eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2021/03/13 J Med Entomol. 2021 Mar 12; 58(2):634-645. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjaa247" |
