Renewal of sexual receptivity in mated female mosquitoes, Aedes aegypti |
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Authors: | A. D. M. YOUNG A. E. R. DOWNE |
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Affiliation: | Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACT. Females of Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera, Culicidae) were not receptive to mating 1 h after the initial insemination or at later times throughout the first gonotrophic cycle. A significant proportion of these females (75–90%) were inseminated again prior to the second gonotrophic cycle. Insemination was determined by the detection in females of sperm labelled with 3 H(G)-adenine or 32PO4 after matings with radiolabeled males. Females deprived of males after the first insemination displayed an abnormal reduction in fertility throughout successive gonotrophic cycles. |
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Keywords: | Mosquitoes Aedes aegypti mating behaviour insemination sexual receptivity monogamy fertility |
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