Males of the sandfly, Lutzomyia longipalpis, use terpene pheromones to lure females and other males to mating sites. Terpene synthases are responsible for the biosynthesis of many chemicals used by ...

About a month after the Sandfly Community Betterment Association rekindled its long-stalled efforts to get historic status, the group has now collected enough signatures to move that process forward.

Lutzomyia longipalpis, a species of sandfly native to Brazil and South America that can spread a disease called Leishmaniasis. [University of Nottingham] Scientists at the University of Nottingham’s ...

Herbert Kemp remembers as a child running alongside the streetcar that ran through his Sandfly neighborhood and throwing acorns through its open windows. Born in 1931, Kemp has spent his entire life ...

The Phlebotomus papatasi sandfly is responsible for spreading Leishmania throughout the tropics and subtropics. How individuals in areas endemic for Leishmania infection react to sandfly saliva ...

Scientists have discovered the specific enzyme that a species of sandfly uses to produce a pheromone attractant, which could lead to the creation of targeted traps to control them and reduce the ...