Studies of CNS processing of olfactory information have contributed significantly to
understanding olfactory‐guided behaviour in insects. Evidence in moths suggests that each …

In insects, olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) are located in cuticular sensilla, that are
present on the antennae and on the maxillary palps. Their axons project into spherical …

150 Mustaparta terminate in the antennal lobe (cf. Masson & Mustaparta 1990, Boeckh &
Tolbert 1993). The olfactory information is transmitted to central interneurons in the glomeruli …

The function of the olfactory receptor organs of insects is to send the central nervous system
(CNS), on a split-second basis, a rendering of the relative abundance of single odorants that …

The olfactory organs of blood-feeding mosquitoes are the antennae, maxillary palps and
proboscis. On each of these organs, several morphologically distinct types of multiporous …

Mosquito olfaction is a fascinating object of study, as mosquitoes are adapted to exploit
diverse resources, such as plant-and animal-hosts, as well as oviposition sites in both …

The internal and external ultrastructure of virtually all of the olfactory sensilla of the
mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Anopheles stephensi have been described. Many other …

Among the cues that a mosquito uses to find a host for blood-feeding, the smell of the host
plays an important role. Previous studies have shown that host odors contain hundreds of …

Insects have an olfactory system able to detect and to discriminate a remarkable number of
chemically different odorants in their environment (Chaps. 2-6). The process of odorant …

Highlights•Mosquitoes sense exhaled CO 2 and skin odor to find humans.•Attractive
odorants can be used as lures in mosquito traps.•Inhibitors of the mosquito CO 2 receptor …