No sexual pheromones in Anopheles mosquitoes?

IF 5.8 1区农林科学 Q1 BIOLOGY Current opinion in insect science Pub Date : 2024-06-25 DOI:10.1016/j.cois.2024.101227

Kelsey Adams , Olivier Roux

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Abstract

Swarming behavior is the cornerstone of the anopheline mating system. At dusk, males congregate in monospecific swarms in which females come to find a mate once in their lives. Although many Anopheles species coexist in sympatry, hybrids are infrequent, suggesting the existence of strong premating reproductive barriers. Chemical cues, particularly pheromones, often play a crucial role in bringing sexes together in a species-specific manner among insects. While the existence of sexual pheromones in Anopheles species has been postulated, only a few studies developed experimental designs to investigate their presence. Here, we discuss the contrasting and debatable findings regarding both long-range and contact sex pheromones in the context of swarm ecology in Anopheles species.

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疟蚊没有性信息素？

蜂群行为是疟原虫交配系统的基石。黄昏时分，雄性疟蚊聚集成群，雌性疟蚊在群中寻找一生中唯一的配偶。虽然许多按蚊物种共生，但杂交的情况并不常见，这表明存在着强大的交配前生殖障碍。在昆虫中，化学线索，尤其是信息素，通常在以物种特异性的方式将两性聚集在一起方面起着至关重要的作用。虽然有人推测按蚊物种中存在性信息素，但只有少数研究开发了实验设计来调查它们的存在。在此，我们将结合按蚊的蜂群生态学，讨论有关远距离和接触性信息素的对比性和争议性研究结果。

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Current opinion in insect science BIOLOGYECOLOGYENTOMOLOGY-ECOLOGY

CiteScore

10.40

自引率

1.90%

发文量

113

期刊介绍： Current Opinion in Insect Science is a new systematic review journal that aims to provide specialists with a unique and educational platform to keep up–to–date with the expanding volume of information published in the field of Insect Science. As this is such a broad discipline, we have determined themed sections each of which is reviewed once a year. The following 11 areas are covered by Current Opinion in Insect Science. -Ecology -Insect genomics -Global Change Biology -Molecular Physiology (Including Immunity) -Pests and Resistance -Parasites, Parasitoids and Biological Control -Behavioural Ecology -Development and Regulation -Social Insects -Neuroscience -Vectors and Medical and Veterinary Entomology There is also a section that changes every year to reflect hot topics in the field. Section Editors, who are major authorities in their area, are appointed by the Editors of the journal. They divide their section into a number of topics, ensuring that the field is comprehensively covered and that all issues of current importance are emphasized. Section Editors commission articles from leading scientists on each topic that they have selected and the commissioned authors write short review articles in which they present recent developments in their subject, emphasizing the aspects that, in their opinion, are most important. In addition, they provide short annotations to the papers that they consider to be most interesting from all those published in their topic over the previous year.