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Adult male of Lutzomyia longipalpis.
This photograph shows an adult male Lutzomyia longipalpis, which is the main vector of visceral leishmaniasis in the Americas and a species complex. Males of the L. longipalpis complex from Brazil produce different types of copulation songs and pheromones. The Brazilian populations of this vector also display a high level of complexity in genetic divergence and gene-flow (see Araki et al., doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000365).
Image Credit: Gabriel E. M. Ferreira, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Citation: (2009) PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases Issue Image | Vol. 3(1) January 2009. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 3(1): ev03.i01. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pntd.v03.i01
Published: January 27, 2009
Copyright: © 2009 Gabriel E. M. Ferreira. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
This photograph shows an adult male Lutzomyia longipalpis, which is the main vector of visceral leishmaniasis in the Americas and a species complex. Males of the L. longipalpis complex from Brazil produce different types of copulation songs and pheromones. The Brazilian populations of this vector also display a high level of complexity in genetic divergence and gene-flow (see Araki et al., doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000365).
Image Credit: Gabriel E. M. Ferreira, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz