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Mosquitoes, the Culicidae, are a family of small flies consisting of 3,600 species. The word mosquito (formed by mosca and diminutive-ito) [2] is Spanish and Portuguese for little fly. [3] Mosquitoes have a slender segmented body, one pair of wings, three pairs of long hair-like legs, and specialized, highly elongated, piercing-sucking mouthparts.
The subfamily Culicinae is the largest subfamily of Culicidae, a family of Nematocera dipterans.There are 3,046 species of Culicinae mosquitoes, in 108 genera and 11 tribes. . Members of the Culicinae subfamily are small flies with fore wings for flight and hind wings reduced to halteres for balan
Culex or typical mosquitoes are a genus of mosquitoes, several species of which serve as vectors of one or more important diseases of birds, humans, and other animals. The diseases they vector include arbovirus infections such as West Nile virus , Japanese encephalitis , or St. Louis encephalitis , but also filariasis and avian malaria .
Aedes taeniorhynchus, or the black salt marsh mosquito, is a mosquito in the family Culicidae. It is a carrier for encephalitic viruses including Venezuelan equine encephalitis [3] and can transmit Dirofilaria immitis. [4] It resides in the Americas and is known to bite mammals, reptiles, and birds.
Culex (Culex) tritaeniorhynchus is a species of mosquito and is the main vector of the disease Japanese encephalitis. [1] This mosquito is a native of northern Asia, and parts of Africa (northeast and sub-Saharan). [2] Females target large animals for blood extraction, including cattle and swine, and are strongly anthropophilic. [3]
Psorophora columbiae, known generally as the dark ricefield mosquito or glades mosquito, is a species of mosquito in the family Culicidae. [1] [2] [3] They can be found in North America, primarily in the southern United States, such as Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas.
There are 112 genera of mosquitoes, containing approximately 3,500 species. [1]Human malaria is transmitted only by females of the genus Anopheles.Of the approximately 430 Anopheles species, while over 100 are known to be able to transmit malaria to humans, only 30–40 commonly do so in nature.
Culex modestus (no common name) is a species of blood-feeding mosquito of the family Culicidae.It has been experimentally demonstrated to be capable of transmitting West Nile virus (WNV), [2] and its habit of feeding aggressively on both birds and humans gives it significant potential for transmission of zoonotic infections from birds to humans.