@article{fdi:010081318,
  title = {{M}osquito sound communication : are male swarms loud enough to attract females ?},
  author = {{F}eugere, {L}. and {G}ibson, {G}. and {M}anoukis, {N}. {C}. and {R}oux, {O}livier},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{G}iven the unsurpassed sound sensitivity of mosquitoes among arthropods and the sound source power required for long-range hearing, we investigated the distance over which female mosquitoes detect species-specific cues in the sound of station-keeping mating swarms. {A} common misunderstanding, that mosquitoes cannot hear at long range because their hearing organs are 'particle-velocity' receptors, has clouded the fact that particle velocity is an intrinsic component of sound whatever the distance to the sound source. {W}e exposed free-flying {A}nopheles coluzzii females to pre-recorded sounds of male {A}n. coluzzii and {A}n. gambiae s.s. swarms over a range of natural sound levels. {S}ound levels tested were related to equivalent distances between the female and the swarm for a given number of males, enabling us to infer distances over which females might hear large male swarms. {W}e show that females do not respond to swarm sound up to 48 d{B} sound pressure level ({SPL}) and that louder {SPL}s are not ecologically relevant for a swarm. {C}onsidering that swarms are the only mosquito sound source that would be loud enough to be heard at long range, we conclude that inter-mosquito acoustic communication is restricted to close-range pair interactions. {W}e also showed that the sensitivity to sound in free-flying males is much enhanced compared to that of tethered ones.},
  keywords = {{A}nopheles gambiae ; free-flying mosquitoes ; long-range hearing ; mating ; swarm ; mosquito hearing ; speciation},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of the {R}oyal {S}ociety {I}nterface},
  volume = {18},
  numero = {177},
  pages = {20210121 [11 p.]},
  ISSN = {1742-5689},
  year = {2021},
  DOI = {10.1098/rsif.2021.0121},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010081318},
}