The roles of kairomones, synomones and pheromones in the chemically-mediated behaviour of male mosquitoes.
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.
Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA. Electronic address: j.pitts@vanderbilt.edu.
R Jason
RJ
Pitts
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.
Raimondas
R
Mozūraitis
Laboratoire de Chimie des Substances Naturelles et des Sciences des Aliments, Université de La Réunion, 15 Avenue René Cassin CS 92 003, 97744 Saint-Denis cedex 9, Reunion.
Anne
A
Gauvin-Bialecki
Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD), Maladies infectieuses et vecteurs: écologie, génétique, évolution et contrôle (MIVEGEC), 224-CNRS 5290-UM1-UM2, Montpellier, France.
Guy
G
Lempérière
D000818:Animals; D009033:Culicidae / Q000502:physiology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D008297:Male; D010675:Pheromones / Q000378:metabolism*; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal
D010675:Pheromones
Chemical ecology; Kairomone; Male mosquito; Odour; Pheromone; Semiochemical; Synomone