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Flight tone characterisation of the South American malaria vector Anopheles darlingi (Diptera: Culicidae).

Jose Pablo MontoyaHoover Pantoja-SánchezSebastian GomezFrank William AvilaCatalina Alfonso-Parra
Published in: Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (2021)
This is the first report of An. darlingi flight acoustics, showing that its precopulatory acoustics are similar to other mosquitoes despite the uncommon male:female size ratio, suggesting that WBF ratios are common communication strategies rather than a physical constraint imposed by size.
Keyphrases
  • aedes aegypti
  • physical activity
  • plasmodium falciparum
  • mental health
  • dengue virus
  • zika virus