Color preference of Sergentomyia minuta (Diptera: Phlebotominae) determined using Flebocollect do it yourself light traps based on LED technology
Entity
UAM. Departamento de Didácticas EspecíficasPublisher
SpringerDate
2022-11-21Citation
10.1007/s00436-022-07720-3
Parasitology Research (2022): 1-10
ISSN
0932-0113 (print); 1432-1955 (online)DOI
10.1007/s00436-022-07720-3Funded by
Open Access funding provided thanks to the CRUE-CSIC agreement with Springer NatureEditor's Version
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-022-07720-3Subjects
CDC; Flebocollect; Light preference; Phlebotomus; Sergentomyia; EducaciónRights
© The Author(s) 2022Abstract
Whether phlebotomine sand fies show a preference for diferent light colors remains controversial. As light-capture methods
are widely used to study sand fies, knowing the visual stimuli they respond to could help the design of novel control tools
to prevent their attraction to hosts. We have detected a signifcant preference of male Sergentomyia minuta for green and
red light sources. Accordingly, male S. minuta were 2.16 and 2.01 times more likely to be lured by Flebocollect model traps
with green and red diode-lights, respectively, than the commercial CDC traps. Flebocollect traps are homemade light traps
developed through citizen science. Dipterans are widely considered unable to distinguish the color red so this fnding was
unexpected. To our knowledge, this is the frst description of a color preference in a species of the genus Sergentomyia. Our
research also confrms the great potential of Flebocollect light traps for use in medical entomology studies
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Google Scholar:López de Felipe, Marcos
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Pérez, Eva
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Gálvez Esteban, Rosa
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