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

Parasitology Research

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1613-1617

  Benelli, Giovanni ^a   Romano, Donato ^a   Messing, Russell H ^b   Canale, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Arbovirus vector; Behavioural asymmetries; Copulation; Laterality; Mating behaviour

Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIGHTING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HINDLIMB; LEG; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; AEDES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARBOVIRUS; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84923000200     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-015-4351-0     Document Type: Article

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