@article{fdi:010037949,
  title = {{C}omparative analysis of epicuticular lipid profiles of sympatric and allopatric field populations of {A}nopheles gambiae s.s. molecular forms and {A}n. arabiensis from {B}urkina {F}aso ({W}est {A}frica)},
  author = {{C}aputo, {B}. and {D}ani, {F}. {R}. and {H}orne, {G}. {L}. and {N}'{F}ale, {S}. and {D}iabate, {A}. and {T}urillazzi, {S}. and {C}oluzzi, {M}. and {C}ostantini, {C}arlo and {P}riestman, {A}. {A}. and {P}etrarca, {V}. and della {T}orre, {A}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{W}e analysed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry ({GC}-{MS}) and {G}as {C}hromatography-{F}lame {I}onization {D}etector ({GC}-{FID}) the epicuticular lipid profiles of field females of the major {A}fro-tropical malaria vector, {A}nopheles gambiae. {T}he samples were collected in three villages in {B}urkina {F}aso ({W}est {A}frica), where {A}n. gambiae {M} and {S} molecular forms and {A}n. arabiensis live sympatrically. {T}he aim was to compare the cuticular hydrocarbon ({CHC}) composition of individual field specimens of these three taxa, to highlight possible differences among them. {A}ll the samples analysed by {GC}-{MS} (55 individuals and eight pools) were characterized by the same 48 {CHC}s and 10 oxygenated compounds. {T}he 19 most abundant {CHC}s were quantified in 174 specimens by {GC}-{FID}: quantitative intra-taxon differences were found between allopatric populations of both {A}n. arabiensis and {S}-form. {I}nter-taxa quantitative differences in the relative abundances of some hydrocarbons between pairs of sympatric taxa were also found, which appear to be mainly linked to local situations, with the possible exception of di{M}e{C}(35) between {A}n. arabiensis and {S}-form. {M}oreover, {M}e{C}29 shows some degree of differentiation between {S}- and {M}-form in all three villages. {P}ossible causes of these differences are discussed.},
  keywords = {cuticular hydrocarbons ; gas chromatography ; {A}nopheles ; malaria ; {A}frica ; semochemicals ; mating recognition system},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{I}nsect {B}iochemistry and {M}olecular {B}iology},
  volume = {37},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {389--398},
  ISSN = {0965-1748},
  year = {2007},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.ibmb.2007.01.002},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010037949},
}