Phlebotomus argentipes (Annandale and Brunetti) (Diptera: Psychodidae) is the phlebotomine sandfly vector responsible for the transmission of Leishmania donovani (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae), a parasite capable of transmitting the communicable disease, visceral leishmaniasis (VL) or kala-azar, in the Indian sub-continent. This paper presents the preliminary study on the laboratory-based behavioral responses of P. argentipes females to blood-feeding host and P. argentipes males or male extracts, for mating aggregation and blood feeding.
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1 March 2012
Preliminary Observations on the Female Behavior of the Indian Sandfly Vector, Phlebotomus argentipes (Diptera: Psychodidae)
Vijay Kumar,
B. Krishnakumari,
Shreekant Kesari,
Krishna Kumari,
Rajesh Kumar,
Alok Ranjan,
Pradeep Das
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female response
Kala-azar
Phlebotomus argentipes
semiochemical
viceral leishmaniasis (VL)
