First report of behavioural lateralisation in mosquitoes: right-biased kicking behaviour against males in females of the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus

被引：419

作者：

Benelli, Giovanni ^{[1
]}

Romano, Donato ^{[1
]}

Messing, Russell H. ^{[2
]}

Canale, Angelo ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Pisa, Insect Behav Grp, Dept Agr Food & Environm, I-56124 Pisa, Italy

[2] Univ Hawaii Manoa, Kauai Agr Res Ctr, Kapaa, HI 96746 USA

来源：

PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH | 2015年 / 114卷 / 04期

基金：

美国食品与农业研究所;

关键词：

Aggression; Arbovirus vector; Behavioural asymmetries; Copulation; Laterality; Mating behaviour; ASYMMETRY; AGGRESSION; RESPONSES; BRAIN;

D O I：

10.1007/s00436-015-4351-0

中图分类号：

R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];

学科分类号：

090105 [作物生产系统与生态工程]; 100103 [病原生物学];

摘要：

Lateralisation (i.e. functional and/or structural specialisations of left and right sides of the brain) of aggressive traits has been studied in a number of vertebrates, while evidence for invertebrates is scarce. Mosquito females display aggressive responses against undesired males, performing rejection kicks with the hind legs. In this research, we examined lateralisation of kicking behaviour in females of the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus. We found a right-biased population-level lateralisation of kicking behaviour. Four repeated testing phases on mosquito females confirmed the preferential use of right legs. However, when left legs were used, the mean number of kicks per rejection event was not different to that performed with right legs. Both left and right kicking behaviour lead to successful displacement of undesired partners. This is the first report about behavioural lateralisation in mosquitoes.

引用

页码：1613 / 1617

页数：5

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