Effects of age and size on anopheles gambiae s.s. male mosquito mating success

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 285-293

  Sawadogo, Simon P ^a,b   Diabaté, Abdoulaye ^a   Toé, Hyacinthe K ^a   Sanon, Antoine ^b   Lefevre, Thierry ^c   Baldet, Thierry ^d   Gilles, Jeremie ^e   Simard, Frederic ^c   Gibson, Gabriella ^f   Sinkins, Stevens ^g   Dabiré, Roch K ^a  

^a CENTRE MURAZ   (Burkina Faso)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d CIRAD   (France)

^e INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae s.s.; body size; Burkina Faso; male age; mating success

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BODY SIZE; BURKINA FASO; COPULATION; FEMALE; FORELIMB; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BODY SIZE; BURKINA FASO; COPULATION; FEMALE; INSEMINATION; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOZOA; WING;

EID: 84874919284     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME12041     Document Type: Article

References (51)

1. Abila, P. P., M. Kiendrebeogo, G. N. Mutika, A. G. Parker, and A. S. Robinson. 2003. The effect of age on the mating competitiveness of male Glossina fuscipes fuscipes and G. palpalis palpalis. J. Insect Sci. 3: 13.
2. Alcock, J. 1996. The relation between male body size, fighting, and mating success in DawsonÕs burrowing bee, Amergilla dawsoni (Apidae, Apinae, Anthopthorini). J. Zool. 239: 663-674.
3. Amin, M. R., L. F. Bussière, and D. Goulson. 2012. Effects of male age and size on mating success in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris. J. Insect Behav. 25: 362-374.
4. Andersson, M. 1994. Sexual selection. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ.
5. Baldet, T., A. Diabaté, and T. R. Guiguemdé. 2003. Etude De la transmission du paludisme en 1999 dans la zone rizicole De la Valle'e du Kou (Bama), Burkina Faso. Cah. Santé 13: 55-60.
6. Beani, L., and S. Turillazzi. 1990. Overlap and landmarks by lekterritorial and swarming males of two sympatric Polistine wasps, Hymenoptera, Vespidae. Ethol. Ecol. Evol. 2: 419-432.
7. Benedict, M. Q., and A. S. Robinson. 2003. The first releases of transgenic mosquitoes: An argument for the sterile insect technique. Trends Parasitol. 19: 349-355.
8. Cator, L. J., and L. C. Harrington. 2011. The harmonic convergence of fathers predicts the mating success of sons in Aedes aegypti. Anim. Behav. 82: 627-633.
9. Cator, L. J., B. J. Arthur, L. C. Harrington, and R. R. Hoy. 2009. Harmonic convergence in the love songs of the dengue vector mosquito. Science 323: 1077-1079.
10. Cator, L. J., K. R. Ng'Habi, R. R. Hoy, and L. C. Harrington. 2010. Sizing up a mate: variation in production and response to acoustic signals in Anopheles gambiae. Behav. Ecol. 21: 1033-1039.
11. Chambers, G. M., and M. J. Klowden. 2001. Age of Anopheles gambiae Giles male mosquitoes at time of mating influences female oviposition. J. Vector Ecol. 26: 196-201.
12. Charlwood, J. D., J. Pinto, C. A. Sousa, C. Ferreira, and V. E. Do Rosario. 2002. Male size does not affect mating success (of Anopheles gambiae in Sao Tome). Med. Vet. Entomol. 16: 109-111.
13. Charlwood, J. D., R. Thompson, and H. Madsen. 2003. Observations on the swarming and mating behaviour of Anopheles funestus from southern Mozambique. Malar. J. 2: 2.
14. Crean, C. S., D.W.Dunn, T. H. Day, and A. S. Gilburn. 2000. Female mate choice for large males in several species of seaweed fly (Diptera: Coelopidae). Anim. Behav. 59: 121-126.
15. Dabiré, K. R., T. Baldet, A. Diabaté, I. Dia, C. Costantini, A. Cohuet, T. R. Guiguemdé, and D. Fontenille. 2007. Anopheles funestus (Diptera: Culicidae) in a Humid savannah area of western Burkina Faso: Bionomics, insecticide resistance status, and role in malaria transmission. J. Med. Entomol. 44: 990-997.
16. Delisle, J. 1995. Effect of male and female age on the mating success of the oblique banded leafroller Choristoneura rosaceana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) under different ecological conditions. Insect Behav. 8: 781-799.
17. Diabaté, A., T. Baldet, C. Brengues, P. Kengne, K. R. Dabiré, F. Simard, F. Chandre, J. M. Hougard, J. Hemingway, J. B. Ouédraogo, et al. 2003. Natural swarming behaviour in the molecular M form of Anopheles gambiae. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 97: 713-716.
18. Diabaté, A., K. R. Dabiré, P. Kengne, T. Baldet, A. Ouari, C. Costantini, F. Simard, and D. Fontenille. 2006. Mixedswarms of the molecular M and S forms of Anopheles gambiae in a sympatric area from Burkina Faso. J. Med. Entomol. 43: 480-483.
19. Diabaté, A., A. Dao, A. S. Yaro, A. Adamou, R. Gonzalez, N. C. Manoukis, S. F. Traoré, W. R. Gwadz, and T. Lehmann. 2009. Spatial swarm segregation and reproductive isolation between the molecular forms of Anopheles gambiae. Proc. R. Soc. B 276: 4215-4222.
20. Diabaté, A., A. S. Yaro, A. Dao, M. Diallo, D. L. Huestis, and T. Lehmann. 2011. Spatial distribution and male mating success of Anopheles gambiae swarms. Evol. Biol. 11: 184.
21. Downes, J. A. 1969. The swarming and mating flight of Diptera. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 14: 271-298.
22. Ferguson, H. M., B. John, K. Ng'habi, and B.G.J. Knols. 2005. Redressing the sex imbalance in knowledge of vector biology. Trends Ecol. Evol. 20: 202-209.
23. Gibson, G., and I. Russell. 2006. Flying in tune: Sexual recognition in mosquitoes. Curr. Biol. 16: 1311-1316.
24. Howell, P. I., and B.G.J. Knols. 2009. Male mating biology. Malar. J. 8(S2): S8.
25. Huho, J. B., K. Ng'habi, G. F. Killeen, G. Nkwengulila, B.G.J. Knols, and H. Ferguson. 2006. A reliable morphological method to assess the age of male Anopheles gambiae. Malar. J. 5: 62.
26. Klowden, M. J. 1999. The check is in the male: Male mosquitoes affect female physiology and behavior. J. Am. Mosq. Control Assoc. 15: 213-220.
27. Mahmood, F., and W. K. Reisen. 1982. Anopheles stephensi (Diptera: Culicidae): Changes in male mating competence and reproductive system morphology associated with aging and mating. J. Med. Entomol. 19: 573-588.
28. Mahmood, F., and W. K. Reisen. 1994. Anopheles culicifacies: Effects of age on the male reproductive system and mating ability of virgin adult mosquitoes Med. Vet. Entomol. 8: 31-37.
29. Marden, J. H. 1987. Maximumflight production during takeoff in flying animals. J. Exp. Biol. 180: 235-258.
30. Marden, J. H. 1989. Bodybuilding dragonflies: Costs and benefits of maximizing flight muscle. Physiol. Zool. 62: 505-521.
31. McLachlan, A. J., and D. F. Allen. 1987. Male mating success in Diptera: Advantages of small size. Oikos 48: 11-14.
32. Neems, R. M., A. J. McLachlan, and R. Chambers. 1990. Body size and lifetime mating success of male midges (Diptera: Chironomidae). Anim. Behav. 40: 648-652.
33. Ng'habi, K. R., B. John, G. Nkwengulila, B.G.J. Knols, G. F. Killeen, and H. M. Ferguson. 2005. Effect of larval crowding on mating competitiveness of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes. Malar. J. 4: 49.
34. Olet, P., E Opiyo, and A. Robinson. 2002. Sexual receptivity and age in Glossina pallidipes Austen (Dipt., Glossinidae). J. Appl. Entomol. 126: 86-91.
35. Peckarsky, B. L., A. R. McIntosh, B. W. Taylor, and J. Dahl. 2002. Predator chemicals induce changes in mayfly life history traits: A whole-stream manipulation. Ecology 83: 612-618.
36. Pennetier, C., B. Warren, K. R. Dabiré, I. J. Russel, and G. Gibson. 2010. ÔÔSinging on the wing" as a mechanism for species recognition in the malarial mosquito Anopheles gambiae. Curr. Biol. 20: 131-136.
37. Petersson, E. 1987. Weight-associated male mating success in the swarming caddisfly Mystacides azureus L. Ann. Zool. Fenn. 24: 335-339.
38. Ponlawat, A., and L. C. Harrington. 2007. Age and body size influence male sperm capacity of the dengue vector Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae). J. Med. Entomol. 44: 422-426.
39. Ponlawat, A., and L. C. Harrington. 2009. Factors associated with male mating success of the dengue vector mosquito, Aedes aegypti. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 80: 395-400.
40. Reisen, W. K. 2003. Lessons from the past: historical studies by the University of Maryland and the University of California, Berkeley, pp. 25-32. In W. Takken and T. W. Scott (eds.), Ecological aspects for application of genetically modified mosquitoes. UR Frontis Series no. 2. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Sanford, M. R., B. Demirci, C. D. Marsden, Y. Lee, A. J. Cornel, and G. C. Lanzaro. 2011. Morphological differentiation may mediate mate-choice between incipient species of Anopheles gambiae s.s. PLoS ONE 6: E27920.
41. Sartori, M., L. Keller, A.G.B. Thomas, and L. Passera. 1992. Flight energetic in relation to sexual differences in the mating behaviour of a mayfly, Siphlonurus aestivalis. Oecologia 92: 172-176.
42. Scott, T. W., W. Takken, B.G.J. Knols, and C. Boete. 2002. The ecology of genetically modified mosquitoes. Science 298: 117-119.
43. Shelly, T. E., E. James, and E. Pahio. 2007. Age-dependent variation in mating success of sterile male Mediterranean fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae): Implications for sterile insect technique. J. Econ. Entomol. 100: 1180-1187.
44. Thornhill, R., and J. Alcock. 1983. The evolution of insect mating systems. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.
45. Verhoek, B. A., and W. Takken. 1994. Age effects on the insemination rate of Anopheles gambiae s.l. in the laboratory. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 72: 167-172.
46. Voordouw, M. J., and J. C. Koella. 2007. Genetic variation of male reproductive success in a laboratory population of Anopheles gambiae. Malar. J. 6: 99.
47. Warren, B., G. Gibson, and J. Russell. 2009. Sex recognition through midflight mating duets in Culex mosquitoes is mediate by acoustic distortion. Curr. Biol. 19: 485-491.
48. Yuval, B. 2006. Mating systems of blood-feeding flies. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 51: 413-440.
49. Yuval, B., and A. Bouskila. 1993. Temporal dynamics of mating and predation in mosquito swarms. Oecologia 85: 65-69.
50. Yuval, B., J. W. Wekesa, and R. K. Washino. 1993. Effect of body size on swarming behaviour and mating success of male Anopheles freeborni (Diptera: Culicidae). J. Insect Behav. 6: 333-342.
51. Yuval, B., M. Holliday-Hanson, and R. K. Washino. 1994. Energy budget of swarming male mosquitoes. Ecol. Entomol. 19: 74-78.