@article{fdi:010060560,
  title = {{A}ssortative mating in mixed swarms of the mosquito {A}nopheles gambiae s.s. {M} and {S} molecular forms, in {B}urkina {F}aso, {W}est {A}frica},
  author = {{D}abire, {K}. {R}. and {S}awadodgo, {S}. and {D}iabate, {A}. and {T}oe, {K}. {H}. and {K}engne, {P}ierre and {O}uari, {A}. and {C}ostantini, {C}arlo and {G}ouagna, {L}ouis-{C}l{\'e}ment and {S}imard, {F}r{\'e}d{\'e}ric and {B}aldet, {T}. and {L}ehmann, {T}. and {G}ibson, {G}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he molecular form composition of {A}nopheles gambiae {G}iles s.s. ({D}iptera: {C}ulicidae) mating swarms and the associated mating pairs (copulae) were investigated during two rainy seasons ({J}uly to {O}ctober, 2005 and {J}uly to {N}ovember, 2006) in the villages of {S}oumousso and {V}allee du {K}ou ({VK}7). {A}lthough the habitats of these villages differ markedly, sympatric populations of {M} and {S} molecular forms of {A}n. gambiae s.s. occur in both places periodically. {T}he main aim was to assess the degree to which these molecular forms mate assortatively. {I}n {S}oumousso, a wooded savannah habitat, the majority of swarm samples consisted of only {S}-form males (21/28), although a few {M}-form males were found in mixed {M}- and {S}-form swarms. {I}n {VK}7, a rice growing area, the majority of swarm samples consisted of only {M}-form males (38/62), until {O}ctober and {N}ovember 2006, when there were nearly as many mixed-form as single-form swarms. {O}verall, approximate to 60% of {M}- and {S}-form swarms were temporally or spatially segregated; the two forms were effectively prevented from encountering each other. {O}f the remaining 40% of swarms, however, only about half were single-form and the rest were mixed-form. {O}f the 33 copulae collected from mixed-form swarms, only four were mixed-form pairs, significantly fewer than expected by random pairing between forms ((2) = 10.34, d.f. = 2, {P} < 0.01). {F}inally, all specimens of inseminated females were of the same form as the sperm contained within their spermatheca (n = 91), even for the four mixed-form copulae. {T}hese findings indicate that assortative mating occurs within mixed-form swarms, mediated most probably by close-range mate recognition cues.},
  keywords = {{A}nopheles gambiae s.s. ; assortative mating ; mate recognition ; mating behaviour ; mixed swarm ; molecular forms ; {B}urkina {F}aso ; {BURKINA} {FASO}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{M}edical and {V}eterinary {E}ntomology},
  volume = {27},
  numero = {3},
  pages = {298--312},
  ISSN = {0269-283{X}},
  year = {2013},
  DOI = {10.1111/j.1365-2915.2012.01049.x},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010060560},
}