Table 1. Induction of post-mating response experiments in Anopheles.
Reference | Species | Mating status | Operation | Behavioral change |
26 | An. quadrimaculatus | Virgin | MAG implant | Refractoriness |
48 | An. gambiae | Mated | Mated males with abnormal testes and normal MAGs | Refractoriness,* oviposition |
64 | An. gambiae | Mated | Mated males with abnormal testes and abnormal MAGs | No refractoriness, no oviposition† |
49 | An. gambiae/An. albimanus | Virgin | MAG implant | No refractoriness, no oviposition |
49 | An. gambiae | Virgin | Injection of MAG homogenate (intra-abdominal) | No refractoriness, no oviposition |
49 | An. gambiae | Virgin | Injection of MAG homogenate (into the genital tract) | No refractoriness |
49,51 | An. gambiae | Virgin | Implant of spermatheca from a mated female | No refractoriness, no oviposition |
49,51 | An. gambiae | Mated | Removal of spermatheca | No oviposition |
50 | An. gambiae/An. stephensi | Virgin | Injection of MAG homogenate (intra-thoracic) | Refractoriness |
53 | An. gambiae | Mated | Mated males with no sperm cells and functional MAGs | Refractoriness, oviposition |
Notes: MAG, male accessory gland.
Behavioral changes include the ability to lay eggs (oviposition) or the inhibition of remating (refractoriness) after treatment.
*Further mating was performed by forced copulation. No insemination was detected.
†Oviposition occurred at very low levels similar to those observed in virgins.