Hamilton, J. G.C. and Ward, R. D. (1994) Chemical analysis of a putative sex pheromone from Lutzomyia pessoai (Diptera Psychodidae). Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 88 (4). pp. 405-412. ISSN 0003-4983
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Lutzomyia pessoai has been named as a probable vector of Leishmania braziliensis in southern Brazil. Males of this species have recently been shown to have pheromone-disseminating structures on their abdomen. Chemical analysis of extracts from the glands associated with these structures has revealed the presence of a possible sex pheromone. Although this compound has been partially characterized as a monocyclic diterpene with the same molecular weight as the Lu. longipalpis diterpene sex pheromone, mass spectral evidence indicates that it is a different compound. This, the first evidence for a possible sex pheromone in any phlebotomine species other than Lu. longipalpis, indicates that such semiochemicals may be widely distributed in this group.