Author | Zacharias, Claudia A. | |
Author | Pontes, Gina Barcelos | |
Author | Lorenzo, Marcelo Gustavo | |
Author | Manrique, Gabriel | |
Access date | 2018-08-01T15:57:34Z | |
Available date | 2018-08-01T15:57:34Z | |
Document date | 2010 | |
Citation | ZACHARIAS, Claudia A. et al. Flight Initiation by Male Rhodnius prolixus is Promoted by Female Odors. J Chem Ecol., v. 36, p. 449–451, 2010 | pt_BR |
ISSN | 0098-0331 | pt_BR |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/27765 | |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | Springer Verlag | pt_BR |
Rights | restricted access | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Rhodnius prolixus | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | voo | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | comportamento sexual | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | comunicação | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Glândulas meta-esternais | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | feromonios | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Doença de Chagas | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Trypanosoma | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Hemiptera | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Reduviidae | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Triatomineos | pt_BR |
Title | Flight Initiation by Male Rhodnius prolixus is Promoted by Female Odors | pt_BR |
Type | Article | pt_BR |
DOI | 10.1007/s10886-010-9779-1 | |
Abstract | Several triatomine bug species utilize chemical cues for sexual communication. We tested whether female or male Rhodnius prolixus, a vector of Chagas disease, produce volatile chemicals that elicit flight responses from conspecifics, and then isolated the source of the chemical. Males confronted with an airstream containing female odors showed a significantly greater take-off frequency compared to a blank airstream or an airstream with male odors. In contrast, females exhibited similar take-off frequencies to male or female odor as to a clean airstream. Occlusion of female metasternal glands with paraffin wax resulted in a significant decrease in male take-off frequency compared to that of intact females. Additionally, excised female metasternal glands elicited a similar take-off frequency from males as did intact females, both significantly greater than the take-off frequency to clean air. These results show that R. prolixus females release a pheromone from their metasternal glands that causes upwind flight in conspecific males | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental. Laboratorio de Fisiología de Insectos. Buenos Aires, Argentina | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisa Rene Rachou. Laboratorio de Triatominas e Epidemilogia de Doença de Chagas. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisa Rene Rachou. Laboratorio de Triatominas e Epidemilogia de Doença de Chagas. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental. Laboratorio de Fisiología de Insectos. Buenos Aires, Argentina | pt_BR |
Subject | Rhodnius prolixus | pt_BR |
Subject | Flight | pt_BR |
Subject | Sexual behavior | pt_BR |
Subject | Communication | pt_BR |
Subject | Metasternal glands | pt_BR |
Subject | Pheromones | pt_BR |
Subject | Chagas disease | pt_BR |
Subject | Trypanosoma | pt_BR |
Subject | Hemiptera | pt_BR |
Subject | Reduviidae | pt_BR |
Subject | Triatominae | pt_BR |
Embargo date | 2030-01-01 | |