| Title: | "'Sweeter than a rose', at least to Triatoma phyllosoma complex males (Triatominae: Reduviidae)" |
| Author(s): | May-Concha IJ; Cruz-Lopez LC; Rojas JC; Ramsey JM; |
| Address: | "Centro Regional de Investigacion en Salud Publica, Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica (CRISP-INSP), Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. Laboratorio de Investigacion en Triatominos, Centro de Referencia de Vectores, Ministerio de Salud de la Nacion (CeReVe), Hospital Colonia, Pabellon Rawson calle s, /n, Cordoba, Argentina. Grupo de Ecologia y Manejo de Artropodos, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. Centro Regional de Investigacion en Salud Publica, Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica (CRISP-INSP), Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. jramsey@insp.mx" |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s13071-018-2677-z |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1756-3305 (Electronic) 1756-3305 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "BACKGROUND: The Triatoma phyllosoma complex of Trypanosoma cruzi vectors (Triatominae: Reduviidae) is distributed in both Neotropical and Nearctic bioregions of Mexico. METHODS: Volatile organic compounds emitted by disturbed Triatoma longipennis, Triatoma pallidipennis and Triatoma phyllosoma, and from their Brindley's and metasternal glands, were identified using solid-phase microextraction coupled with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. RESULTS: Disturbed bugs and the metasternal glands from T. phyllosoma released or had significantly fewer compounds than T. longipennis and T. pallidipennis. Isobutyric acid was the most abundant compound secreted by disturbed bugs of the three species, while Brindley's glands of all species produced another four compounds: propanoic acid, isobutyric acid, pentyl butanoate, and 2-methyl hexanoic acid. Two novel compounds, both rose oxide isomers, were produced in MGs and released only by disturbed females of all three species, making this the first report in Triatominae of these monoterpenes. The principal compound in MGs of both sexes of T. longipennis and T. phyllosoma was 3-methyl-2-hexanone, while cis-rose oxide was the principal compound in T. pallidipennis females. The major components in male effluvia of T. pallidipennis were 2-decanol and 3-methyl-2-hexanone. CONCLUSION: Discriminant analysis of volatile organic compounds was significant, separating the three species and was consistent with morphological and genetic evidence for species distinctions within the complex" |
| Keywords: | "Acyclic Monoterpenes Animals Behavior, Animal Chagas Disease/transmission Exocrine Glands/chemistry/metabolism Female Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Insect Vectors/*chemistry/classification/physiology Isobutyrates/chemistry Male Mexico Monoterpenes/;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineMay-Concha, Irving J Cruz-Lopez, Leopoldo C Rojas, Julio C Ramsey, Janine M eng 161405/CONACyT Salud/International 261006/CONACyT Salud/International Comparative Study Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2018/02/20 Parasit Vectors. 2018 Feb 17; 11(1):95. doi: 10.1186/s13071-018-2677-z" |
