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The cuticular hydrocarbons of Phlebotomus argentipes (Diptera: Phlebotominae) from field populations in northern India and Sri Lanka, and their change with laboratory colonization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

S. Kamhawi ,
R. P. Lane ,
M. Cameron ,
A. Phillips ,
P. Milligan  and
D. H. Molyneux
S. Kamhawi
Affiliation:
Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Yarmouk, Irbid, JO
R. P. Lane*
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Parasitology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
M. Cameron
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Parasitology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
A. Phillips
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, University of SalfordM5 4WT, UK
P. Milligan
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, University of SalfordM5 4WT, UK
D. H. Molyneux
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, University of SalfordM5 4WT, UK
*
Dr Richard Lane, Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, UK.
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Abstract

The cuticular hydrocarbon profiles of wild caught, male Phlebotomus argentipes Annandale & Brunetti from Kandy, Sri Lanka, and Calcutta, India, were significantly different. Using discriminant functions based on three peaks from a gas-liquid chromatogram, 89% of specimens were correctly allocated to their parent sample. These results correlate with previously reported morpho-metric differences in this species from different parts of its range. Following laboratory colonization of the Kandy strain, the cuticular hydrocarbon profiles showed a progressive change, so that wild-caught and F5 generations could be completely distinguished by discriminant function anaysis, with the F1 and F 2 as intermediates.

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Research Paper
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 82 , Issue 2 , June 1992 , pp. 209 - 212
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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