Precopulatory acoustic interactions of the New World malaria vector Anopheles albimanus (Diptera: Culicidae)
Abstract Background Anopheles albimanus is a malaria vector in Central America, northern South America and the Caribbean. Although a public health threat, An. albimanus precopulatory mating behaviors are unknown. Acoustics play important roles in mosquito communication, where flight tones allow male...
Main Authors: | Hoover Pantoja-Sánchez, Sebastián Gomez, Viviana Velez, Frank W. Avila, Catalina Alfonso-Parra |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-08-01
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Series: | Parasites & Vectors |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-019-3648-8 |
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