%0 Journal Article %T Isolation and Identification of 9-methylgermacrene-B as the Putative Sex Pheromone of Lutzomyia cruzi (Mangabeira, 1938) (Diptera: Psychodidae) %A Brazil %A Reginaldo P %A Hamilton %A JGC %J Mem¨®rias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz %D 2002 %I Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Minist¨¦rio da Sa¨˛de %R 10.1590/S0074-02762002000300030 %X lutzomyia (lutzomyia) cruzi has been named as a probable vector of leishmania chagasi in corumb¨˘, 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. %K phlebotominae %K lutzomyia cruzi %K sex pheromone %K 9-methylgermacrene -b. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0074-02762002000300030&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en