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LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY IN MALES OF AEDES AEGYPTI CAN SHIFT IN RESPONSE TO FEMALES' PRESENCE
Comportamento reprodutivo
Mosquitos
Reconhecimento do companheiro
Atividade circadiana
Controle de vetores
Reproductive behavior
Mate recognition
Mosquitoes
Circadian activity
Vector control
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Insetos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Insetos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
University of Florida. Citrus Research and Education Center. Department of Entomology and Nematology. Lake, FL, USA.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Insetos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil / Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Entomologia Molecular/CNPq. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Insetos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
University of Florida. Citrus Research and Education Center. Department of Entomology and Nematology. Lake, FL, USA.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Insetos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil / Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Entomologia Molecular/CNPq. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Abstract
The study of physiological and behavioral traits of mosquito vectors has been of growing relevance for the proposition of alternative methods for controlling vector-borne diseases. Despite this, most studies focus on the female's traits, including the behavior of host seeking, the physiology of disease transmission and the site-choice for oviposition. However, understanding the factors that lead to males' reproductive success is of utmost importance, since it can help building new strategies for constraining population growth. Male behavior towards mating varies widely among species and the communication between males and females is the first aspect securing a successful encounter. Here we used an automated monitoring system to study the profile of locomotor activity of Aedes aegypti males in response to female's presence in an adapted confinement tube. We propose a new method to quantify male response to the presence of females, which can be potentially tested as an indicator of the success of one male in recognizing a female for mating.
Keywords in Portuguese
Aedes aegyptiComportamento reprodutivo
Mosquitos
Reconhecimento do companheiro
Atividade circadiana
Controle de vetores
Keywords
Aedes aegyptiReproductive behavior
Mate recognition
Mosquitoes
Circadian activity
Vector control
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