دورية أكاديمية
Distribution of putative male sex pheromones among Lutzomyia sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae).
العنوان: | Distribution of putative male sex pheromones among Lutzomyia sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae). |
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المؤلفون: | Hamilton JG; School of Life Sciences, University of Keele, UK. j.g.c.hamilton@keele.ac.uk, Brazil RP, Campbell-Lendrum D, Davies CR, Kelly DW, Pessoa FA, de Queiroz RG |
المصدر: | Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology [Ann Trop Med Parasitol] 2002 Jan; Vol. 96 (1), pp. 83-92. |
نوع المنشور: | Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
اللغة: | English |
بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: Taylor & Francis Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 2985178R Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0003-4983 (Print) Linking ISSN: 00034983 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Ann Trop Med Parasitol Subsets: MEDLINE |
أسماء مطبوعة: | Publication: 2016- : Abingdon : Taylor & Francis Original Publication: London : Academic Press |
مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Pheromones/*analysis , Psychodidae/*chemistry, Animals ; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry/methods ; Male ; Microscopy, Electron ; Psychodidae/classification ; Psychodidae/ultrastructure ; Species Specificity |
مستخلص: | Male Lutzomyia longipalpis produce terpene sex pheromones in glandular tissue underlying the cuticle. The pheromones are transmitted to the surface via cuticle-lined ducts (measuring 0.25 microm in diameter), each of which reaches the surface in the centre of a papule (measuring 3-3.5 microm in diameter). Similar papules, in a range of shapes but all characterized by the presence of a central pore and absence of macroserae, occur in some other species of sandfly. The aim of the present study was to determine the distribution of sex pheromones in sandflies of the genus Lutzomyia that do and do not have the papules. The results indicate that sex pheromones are not widely distributed amongst male Lutzomyia spp. Male members of the genus can be subdivided into three groups: those that produce terpenes and have cuticular papules; those that do not produce terpenes but still have the associated papules; and those that have neither terpenes nor papules. The papules seen in the species that do not synthesise sex pheromones are presumably vestigial, non-functional structures. Such species may have stopped producing pheromone as the result of changes in the way in which the females found and selected mates or changing feeding preferences. A similar event has occurred in the Lepidoptera, where vestigial pheromone-secreting structures remain in some species which no longer produce pheromone. Lutzomyia lenti collected in southern Brazil produced a novel diterpene whereas male L. lenti from north-eastern Brazil did not, supporting suggestions by others that L. lenti is, like L. longipalpis, a species complex. |
المشرفين على المادة: | 0 (Pheromones) |
تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20020507 Date Completed: 20020529 Latest Revision: 20090518 |
رمز التحديث: | 20231215 |
DOI: | 10.1179/000349802125000547 |
PMID: | 11989537 |
قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
تدمد: | 0003-4983 |
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DOI: | 10.1179/000349802125000547 |