Title: | "The roles of kairomones, synomones and pheromones in the chemically-mediated behaviour of male mosquitoes" |
Author(s): | Pitts RJ; Mozuraitis R; Gauvin-Bialecki A; Lemperiere G; |
Address: | "Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA. Electronic address: j.pitts@vanderbilt.edu. Laboratory of Chemical and Behavioural Ecology, Institute of Ecology, Nature Research Center, 08412 Vilnius, Lithuania; Ecological Chemistry Group, Division of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 36, 10044 Stockholm, Sweden. Laboratoire de Chimie des Substances Naturelles et des Sciences des Aliments, Universite de La Reunion, 15 Avenue Rene Cassin CS 92 003, 97744 Saint-Denis cedex 9, Reunion. Institut de recherche pour le developpement (IRD), Maladies infectieuses et vecteurs: ecologie, genetique, evolution et controle (MIVEGEC), 224-CNRS 5290-UM1-UM2, Montpellier, France" |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.09.005 |
ISSN/ISBN: | 1873-6254 (Electronic) 0001-706X (Linking) |
Abstract: | "Despite decades of intensive study of the chemical ecology of female mosquitoes, relatively little is known about the chemical ecology of males. This short review summarizes the current state of knowledge of the chemicals that mediate male mosquito behaviour. Various trophic interactions including insect-plant, insect-host, and insect-insect responses are emphasized. The relevance of the chemical ecology of male mosquitoes in the context of vector control programmes is discussed" |
Keywords: | "Animals Culicidae/*physiology *Feeding Behavior Male Pheromones/*metabolism *Sexual Behavior, Animal Chemical ecology Kairomone Male mosquito Odour Pheromone Semiochemical Synomone;" |
Notes: | "MedlinePitts, R Jason Mozuraitis, Raimondas Gauvin-Bialecki, Anne Lemperiere, Guy eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Review Netherlands 2013/09/24 Acta Trop. 2014 Apr; 132 Suppl:S26-34. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.09.005. Epub 2013 Sep 17" |