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Odour‐mediated upwind flight of Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes elicited by a synthetic attractant: a reappraisal
Author(s) -
PILE M. M.,
SIMMONDS M. S. J.,
BLANEY W. M.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
physiological entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1365-3032
pISSN - 0307-6962
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1993.tb00471.x
Subject(s) - culex quinquefasciatus , biology , zoology , culex , ecology , larva , aedes aegypti
. Pile et al. (1991) report that the putative oviposition attractant ace‐toxyhexadecanolide has four effects on gravid females of Culex quinquefasciatus Say: (1) it induces upwind anemotaxis, (2) near to an oviposition site it evokes an orthokinetic slowing of flight speed plus (3) a klinokinetic increase in turning rate, and (4) it causes females to stay longer at oviposition sites. This reappraisal shows that the first two of these conclusions are supported by the evidence provided but the second two are not.