Mapping the Auditory Space of Culex pipiens Female Mosquitoes in 3D.

ABSTRACT: The task of directional hearing faces most animals that possess ears. They approach this task in different ways, but a common trait is the use of binaural cues to find the direction to the source of sound. In insects, the task is further complicated by their small size and, hence, minute temporal and level differences between two ears. A single symmetric flagellar particle velocity receiver, such as the antenna of a mosquito, should not be able to discriminate between the two opposite directions along the vector of the sound wave. Paired antennae of mosquitoes presume the usage of binaural hearing, but its mechanisms are expected to be significantly different from the ones typical for the pressure receivers. However, the directionality of flagellar auditory organs has received little atten

SUBMITTER: Lapshin DN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10532353 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature