Toxorhinchites theobaldi midgut transcriptome
Toxorhynchites mosquitoes have an exclusively phytophagous feeding habit as adults, which leads to significant differences in their morphophysiology compared to hematophagous mosquitoes. However, the molecular mechanisms of digestion in this mosquito are not well understood. In this study, RNA sequencing of the posterior midgut (PMG) of the elephant mosquito Toxorhynchites theobaldi was performed and the differential gene expression was compared to those of the anterior midgut.