The field of mosquito chemical ecology has shifted focus over the past five years, driven by the recognition that odour-mediated behaviours are regulated by distinct chemical codes, that is, odour blends emanating from the natural environment. As a research community, we have shifted from our anthropocentric focus to include other behaviours, including plant seeking and oviposition site seeking, in order to develop new tools to combat residual malaria in the wake of the increased insecticide and behavioural resistance in mosquitoes across sub-Saharan Africa. In this short review, we will outline the progress made, and the future directions, in understanding blend recognition and chemical parsimony, and their implications for preadaptation of the odour coding system in malaria mosquitoes.

在过去的五年中，由于认识到气味介导的行为受不同的化学法规（即自然环境散发出的气味混合物）调节，驱蚊化学生态学领域已转移了关注重点。作为研究社区，我们已从以人类为中心的重点转向其他行为，包括寻找植物和产卵地点，以开发新的工具来对抗残留的疟疾，因为在整个亚热带地区蚊子的杀虫剂和行为抵抗力增加之后，撒哈拉以南非洲。在这篇简短的评论中，我们将概述在理解混合物识别和化学简约方面取得的进展和未来的方向，以及它们对疟疾蚊子中气味编码系统的预适应的意义。