title: Aphid derived sugars in the neotropical sandfly--Lutzomyia peruensis.
abstract: It is known that a sugar meal is a prerequisite for the transmission of Leishmania by sandflies in the laboratory. Lutzomyia peruensis the proven vector of Leishmania peruviana, was caught by aspiration from crevices in rocks near Chaute in the Rimac Valley, Peru, cryopreserved and analysed for sugars using HPLC. The major sugars present are glucose and fructose as well as smaller amounts of sucrose, maltose, melibiose, turanose and a trisaccharide, probably raffinose. The results indicate that the major carbohydrate sugar meal of Lutzomyia peruensis is aphid honeydew. This is the first report of such behaviour in Neotropical sandflies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Salford, UK.
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Wallbanks
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Soren
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Molyneux
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Carlin
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Perez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001042:Aphids / Q000378:metabolism*; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000032:analysis*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005260:Female; D005632:Fructose / Q000032:analysis; D005947:Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000032:analysis*; D008297:Male; D010568:Peru; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D005632:Fructose; D005947:Glucose