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Melania Ligato

University of PerugiaORCID 0009-0007-3985-4803Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Animal Behavior & Cognition· 1 Neuroscience· 1

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Organism:Drosophila· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Gloria IacomelliiD· 2 shared Matthew J. PeirceiD· 2 shared Max H. LombardiiD· 2 shared Roberta SpaccapeloiD· 2 shared Alessio LavorgnaiD· 1 shared Daniela Terrazas-DuqueiD· 1 shared David EllisiD· 1 shared Eve Doran· 1 shared

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2025-2026 · peak 1/yr

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Animal Behavior & CognitionScientific ReportsPeer-reviewedJul 9, 2026

Experimental evidence of male-male interaction in laboratory swarms of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes

Gloria Iacomelli, Max H. Lombardi, Leonardo Parisi…·Roberta Spaccapelo

The paper investigates Anopheles gambiae mosquito swarming behavior using 3D trajectory data, finding experimental evidence of male-male interactions rather than random aggregation.

DOI 10.1038/s41598-026-59111-8

Drosophilaimaging

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintAug 20, 2025

Controlling malaria mosquito reproduction via the octopamine beta2 receptor

David Ellis, Judy Bagi, Stephen J. Terry…·Marta Andrés

This study identifies the octopamine beta2 receptor as a target to disrupt mosquito reproduction but shows that amitraz, an agonist, is ineffective as a mating disruptor.

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experimental assay

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