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JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY
Volume 52, Issue 2, Pages 120-130Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/jme/tju024
Keywords
mosquito; odor; olfactory; gustatory; oviposition
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- International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Organismal Biology
- German Research Foundation (DFG)
- University of Konstanz
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Gravid mosquitoes use chemosensory (olfactory, gustatory, or both) cues to select oviposition sites suitable for their offspring. In nature, these cues originate from plant infusions, microbes, mosquito immature stages, and predators. While attractants and stimulants are cues that could show the availability of food (plant infusions and microbes) and suitable conditions (the presence of conspecifics), repellents and deterrents show the risk of predation, infection with pathogens, or strong competition. Many studies have addressed the question of which substances can act as positive or negative cues in different mosquito species, with sometimes apparently contradicting results. These studies often differ in species, substance concentration, and other experimental details, making it difficult to compare the results. In this review, we compiled the available information for a wide range of species and substances, with particular attention to cues originating from larval food, immature stages, predators, and to synthetic compounds. We note that the effect of many substances differs between species, and that many substances have been tested in few species only, revealing that the information is scattered across species, substances, and experimental conditions.
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