Analysis of the sex pheromone extract of individual male Lutzomyia longipalpis sandflies from six regions in Brazil

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 480-488

  Hamilton, J G C ^a   Maingon, R D C ^a   Alexander, B ^b   Ward, R D ^a   Brazil, R P ^c  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c Laboratorio de Bioquimica e Fisiologia de Insetos   (Brazil)

Author keywords

(S) 9 methylgermacrene B; 3 methyl himachalene; Cembrene; Diterpene; Lutzomyia longipalpis; Methylsesquiterpene; Sex pheromone; Species complex

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; SEX PHEROMONE; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MORPHOMETRICS; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHODIDAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; BRAZIL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOGRAPHY; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHODIDAE; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

DIPTERA; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 26844488572     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2005.00594.x     Document Type: Article

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