Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association (2004) 20, 130-133

Gregory M. Beavers, Hanafi A. Hanafi and Elizabeth A. Dykstra (2004)
Evaluation of 1-octen-3-ol and carbon dioxide as attractants for Phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera: Psychodidae) in southern Egypt
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 20 (2), 130-133
Abstract: The effectiveness of 1-octen-3-ol (octenol) as an attractant for collecting medically important psychodids has never been reported. This study evaluated the effects of carbon dioxide (CO₂) and octenol released at 2 rates, individually and in combination, as attractants for adult sand flies in a small village in southern Egypt. Four sand fly species were collected: Phlebotomus papatasi, P. sergenti, Sergentomyia palestinensis, and S. schwetzi. Only P. papatasi was collected in numbers sufficient to allow statistical analysis. This study reaffirms that CO₂ is an effective attractant for female P. papatasi and also demonstrates that neither male nor female P. papatasi respond to octenol alone. Additionally, no synergistic attractancy for either females or males was observed when CO₂ and octenol were combined.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
pheromones/attractants/traps
surveys/sampling/distribution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Phlebotomus papatasi		Egypt
	Phlebotomus sergenti		Egypt
	Sergentomyia schwetzi		Egypt
	Sergentomyia palestinensis		Egypt