ReviewMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz2013
Acoustic communication in insect disease vectors.
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- Phytoplasma infection induces changes in vibrational signals of Cacopsylla pyri: sex-specific shifts in frequency, amplitude, and timing.BMC zoology · 2026Article
- Males of Aedes aegypti show different clock gene expression profiles in the presence of conspecific females.Parasites & vectors · 2022Article
- Harmonic convergence coordinates swarm mating by enhancing mate detection in the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Flight tone characterisation of the South American malaria vector Anopheles darlingi (Diptera: Culicidae).Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz · 2021Article
- Sex and species specific hearing mechanisms in mosquito flagellar ears.Nature communications · 2018Article
- The Impact of Temperature and Body Size on Fundamental Flight Tone Variation in the Mosquito Vector Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae): Implications for Acoustic Lures.Journal of medical entomology · 2017Article
- The current status of the Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) species complex.Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz · 2017Review
- Quantitative analysis of harmonic convergence in mosquito auditory interactions.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2016Article
- Phenotypic differentiation in love song traits among sibling species of the Lutzomyia longipalpis complex in Brazil.Parasites & vectors · 2015Article
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Abstract
Acoustic signalling has been extensively studied in insect species, which has led to a better understanding of sexual communication, sexual selection and modes of speciation. The significance of acoustic signals for a blood-sucking insect was first reported in the XIX century by Christopher Johnston, studying the hearing organs of mosquitoes, but has received relatively little attention in other disease vectors until recently. Acoustic signals are often associated with mating behaviour and sexual selection and changes in signalling can lead to rapid evolutionary divergence and may ultimately contribute to the process of speciation. Songs can also have implications for the success of novel methods of disease control such as determining the mating competitiveness of modified insects used for mass-release control programs. Species-specific sound "signatures" may help identify incipient species within species complexes that may be of epidemiological significance, e.g. of higher vectorial capacity, thereby enabling the application of more focussed control measures to optimise the reduction of pathogen transmission. Although the study of acoustic communication in insect vectors has been relatively limited, this review of research demonstrates their value as models for understanding both the functional and evolutionary significance of acoustic communication in insects.
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