The effect of wind speed on the flight responses of tsetse flies to CO2: A wind-tunnel study

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 309-312

  Paynter, Quentin ^a,b   Brady, John ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

anemotaxis; chemotaxis; edge detection; flight; Glossina; host finding; klinokinesis; odour plume behaviour; orientation; tsetse fly

Indexed keywords

ANEMOTAXIS; CARBON DIOXIDE; FLIGHT RESPONSE; TSETSE FLY; WIND SPEED;

DIPTERA; GLOSSINA MORSITANS MORSITANS; GLOSSINIDAE;

EID: 0030301550     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1996.tb00870.x     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Brady, J. (1988) Circadian ontogeny in the tsetse fly: a permanent major phase change after the first feed. Journal of Insect Physiology, 34, 743-749.
2. Brady, J., Gibson, G & Packer, M.J. (1989) Odour movement, wind direction, and the problem of host-finding by tsetse flies. Physiological Entomology, 14, 369-380.
3. Brady, J., Griffiths, N.T. & Paynter, Q. (1995) Wind speed effects on odour source location by tsetse flies (Glossma). Physiological Entomology, 20, 293-302.
4. Bursell, E. (1987) The effect of wind-borne odours on the direction of flight in tsetse flies Glossina spp. Physiological Entomology, 12, 149-156
5. Bursell, E. & Kuwenga, T. (1972) The effect of flight on the development of flight musculature in the tsetse fly (Glossma morsitans) Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 15, 229-237.
6. David, C T. (1986) Mechanisms of directional flight in wind. Mechanisms in Insect Olfaction (ed. by T. L. Payne, M. C. Birch and C. E. J. Kennedy), chap. 5, pp. 49-57. Oxford University Press.
7. Elkinton, J.S. & Cardé, R.T. (1984) Odor dispersion. Chemical Ecology of Insects (ed. by W. J. Bell and R. T. Cardé), chap. 3, pp. 73-91.
8. Gibson, G., Packer, M.J., Steullet, P. & Brady, J. (1991) Orientation of tsetse flies to wind, within and outside host odour plumes in the field. Physiological Entomology, 16, 47-56.
9. Gillies, M.T. (1980) The role of carbon dioxide in host-finding by mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae): a review. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 70, 525-532.
10. Kennedy, J.S. (1986) Some current issues in orientation to odour sources. Mechanisms of Insect Olfaction (ed. by T. L. Payne, M. C. Birch and C. E. J. Kennedy), pp. 11-25. Oxford University Press.
11. Paynter, Q. & Brady, J. (1993) Flight responses of tsetse flies (Glossina) to octenol and acetone vapour in a wind-tunnel. Physiological Entomology, 18, 102-108.
12. Torr, S.J. (1988) The flight and landing of tsetse (Glossina) in response to components of host odour in the field. Physiological Entomology, 13, 453-465.
13. Vale, G.A. (1980) Field studies of the responses of tsetse flies (Glossinidae) and other Diptera to carbon dioxide, acetone and other chemicals. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 70, 563-570.
14. Vale, G.A. & Hall, D.R. (1985a) The role of 1-octen-3-ol, acetone and carbon dioxide in the attraction of tsetse flies, Glossina spp. (Diptera: Glossinidae) to ox odour. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 75, 209-217.
15. Vale, G.A. & Hail, D.R. (1985b) The use of 1-octen-3-ol, acetone and carbon dioxide to improve baits for tsetse flies, Glossina spp. (Diptera: Glossinidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research, 75, 219-231.
16. Warnes, M.L. (1990) The effect of host odour and carbon dioxide on the flight speed of tsetse flies (Glossina spp.) in the laboratory. Journal of Insect Physiology, 36, 607-611.
17. Williams, B. (1994) Models of trap seeking by tsetse flies: anemotaxis, klinokinesis and edge detection. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 168, 105-115.