@article{fdi:010086078,
  title = {{N}o evidence for long-range male sex pheromones in two malaria mosquitoes [rev. {PCI} {E}cology]},
  author = {{P}oda, {S}. {B}. and {B}uatois, {B}. and {L}apeyre, {B}. and {D}ormont, {L}. and {D}iabat{\'e}, {A}. and {G}nankin{\'e}, {O}. and {D}abir{\'e}, {R}. {K}. and {R}oux, {O}livier},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{C}ues involved in mate seeking and recognition prevent hybridization and can be involved in speciation processes. {I}n malaria mosquitoes, females of the two sibling species {A}nopheles gambiae s.s. and {A}n. coluzzii mate in monospecific male swarms and hybrids are rare. {L}ong-range sex pheromones driving this behaviour have been debated in literature but so far, no study has proven their existence or their absence. {H}ere, we attempted to bring to light their existence. {T}o put all the odds in our favour, we used different chemical ecology methods such as behavioural and electrophysiological assays as well chemical analyses, and we worked with mosquitoes at their optimal physiological mating state that is with swarming males during their natural swarming windows. {D}espite all our efforts, our results support the absence of long-range sex pheromones involved in swarm detection and recognition by females. {W}e briefly discuss the implications of this finding in ecology, evolution and for control strategies. {A} series of behavioural, electrophysiological and chemical assays are used to attempt to detect long-range sex pheromones involved in species-specific male swarm recognition by {A}nopheles female mosquitoes, but no evidence is found.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{N}ature {E}cology and {E}volution},
  volume = {[{E}arly access]},
  numero = {},
  pages = {[14 ]},
  ISSN = {2397-334{X}},
  year = {2022},
  DOI = {10.1038/s41559-022-01869-x},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010086078},
}