title: Isolation and identification of 9-methylgermacrene-B as the putative sex pheromone of Lutzomyia cruzi (Mangabeira, 1938) (Diptera: Psychodidae).
abstract: Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) cruzi has been named as a probable vector of Leishmania chagasi in Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Taxonomically L. cruzi is closely related to the L. longipalpis species complex. Females of L. cruzi and L. longipalpis are morphologically indistinguishable and associated males must be examined carefully to confirm identifications. Chemical analysis hexane extracts of male L. cruzi has revealed the presence of a 9-methylgermacrene-B (C16), a homosesquiterpene (mw 218) previously shown to be the sex pheromone of one of the members of the L. longipalpis species complex.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Leishmanioses, Centro de Pesquisas Rene Rachou, Fiocruz, Belo Horizonte, MG, 30190-002, Brasil. rpbrazil@cpqrr.fiocruz.br
authors.forename: Reginaldo P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Brazil
authors.forename: J G C
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Hamilton
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D002645:Chickens; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000737:chemistry*; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012724:Sex Attractants / Q000032:analysis*; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D012717:Sesquiterpenes; D012724:Sex Attractants