How do female mosquitoes determine the most suitable males for mating?

VernacularTitle:雌蚊如何选择最佳雄配？
Author: Yitong LI ^{1
,

2} ; Dong LI ^{1
,

2} ; Xiaofei LIU ¹ ; Ying WANG ³ ; Tingting LIU ³ ; Yanqiu XU ⁴ ; Shengqun DENG ¹
Author Information

1. Department of Pathogen Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Zoonoses, The Provincial Key Laboratory of Zoonoses of High Institutions in Anhui, Hefei, Anhui 230032, China
2. Co-first authors
3. Department of Tropical Medicine, College of Military Preventive Medicine, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China
4. Department of Endocrinology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, China
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Mosquito; Sexual selection; Mating system; Mosquito-borne disease
From: Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control 2024;36(3):321-328
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: More than 80% of the world’s populations are at risk of vector-borne diseases, with mosquito-borne diseases as a significant global public health problem. Mosquito populations control is critical to interrupting the transmission of mosquito-borne diseases. This review summarizes the physical attributes, smell, vision, touch, and hearing of mosquitoes to unravel the preferences of female mosquitoes, and describes the mechanisms underlying the best male mating by female mosquitoes, so as to provide new insights into management of mosquito-borne diseases.