Department of Biosciences, Durham University, Stockton Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK.
Cell Tissue Res. 2021 Jan;383(1):75-90. doi: 10.1007/s00441-020-03407-2. Epub 2021 Jan 21.
There are 3559 species of mosquitoes in the world (Harbach 2018) but, so far, only a handful of them have been a focus of olfactory neuroscience and neurobiology research. Here we discuss mosquito olfactory anatomy and function and connect these to mosquito ecology. We highlight the least well-known and thus most interesting aspects of mosquito olfactory systems and discuss promising future directions. We hope this review will encourage the insect neuroscience community to work more broadly across mosquito species instead of focusing narrowly on the main disease vectors.
目前全世界有 3559 种蚊子（Harbach 2018），但迄今为止，只有少数几种蚊子成为嗅觉神经科学和神经生物学研究的重点。在这里，我们讨论了蚊子的嗅觉解剖结构和功能，并将这些与蚊子的生态联系起来。我们强调了蚊子嗅觉系统中最不为人知但也最有趣的方面，并讨论了有前途的未来方向。我们希望这篇综述能鼓励昆虫神经科学界更广泛地研究各种蚊子，而不是只关注主要的病媒蚊。
