title: Attraction of the sand fly Nyssomyia neivai (Diptera: Psychodidae) to chemical compounds in a wind tunnel.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Similar to other hematophagous insects, male and female sand flies must feed on plants to obtain sugar and, subsequently, energy to complete their life cycles. A large number of compounds emitted by plants may act as volatile signals to these insects. Primary alcohols have been detected in some plants, but in small amounts. In a previous report, the attractiveness of saturated primary alcohols with 7 to 9 carbons was evaluated for Lutzomyia longipalpis, the vector of American visceral leishmaniasis, with positive results.
  
  
  METHODS
  In the present study, a wide range of primary alcohols, 3 to 10 carbons, were tested to investigate their attractiveness to another sand fly species, Nyssomyia neivai, a putative vector of American cutaneous leishmaniasis. The mixture of compounds that induced the best sand fly response was also evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the eight compounds evaluated, hexanol and octanol elicited the best attractive responses for sand fly females.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Phytochemicals may be an interesting source of search for new sand fly attractants.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Estadual Júlio de Mesquita Filho, UNESP, 14801-902, Araraquara, SP, Brazil. vicentemachado@yahoo.com.br.
authors.forename: Vicente Estevam
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 13565-905, São Carlos, SP, Brazil. agcorrea@ufscar.br.
authors.forename: Arlene Gonçalves
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Corrêa
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Zoologia Animal, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil. thamarchi@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Thais Marchi
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Goulart
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Estadual Júlio de Mesquita Filho, UNESP, 14801-902, Araraquara, SP, Brazil. flavinhabenini@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Flávia Benini da Rocha
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Universidade de Franca, 14404-611, Franca, SP, Brazil. dennysbiol@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Dennys Ghenry Samillan
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Ortiz
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Estadual Júlio de Mesquita Filho, UNESP, 14801-902, Araraquara, SP, Brazil. marap@fcfar.unesp.br.
authors.forename: Mara Cristina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Pinto
mesh_terms: D000438:Alcohols / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000502:physiology*; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000635:transmission; D008297:Male; D010675:Pheromones / Q000378:metabolism*; D064209:Phytochemicals / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000438:Alcohols; D010675:Pheromones; D064209:Phytochemicals; C010411:insect attractants