
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Day, MF 
T1  - The Mechanism of Food Distribution to Midgut or Diverticula in the Mosquito
JF  - Australian Journal of Biological Sciences
JO  - Aust. Jnl. Of Bio. Sci.
Y1  - 1954
VL  - 7
IS  - 4
SP  - 515
EP  - 524
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9540515 
N2  - An examination has been made of factors involved in the despatch of sugars to the diverticulum and blood to the midgut in the mosquito. It is suggested that sense organs observed in the buccal cavity of the mosquito detect the presence of some sugars and components of blood. The resulting nervous impulse is probably transmitted via the stomatogastric nervous system to cause the contraction of sphincter muscles of the diverticula or the proventriculus. The significance of this' switching mechanism in mosquito feeding is discussed. 
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