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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]
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 .
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.
Uranotaenia sapphirina is a species of mosquito in the family Culicidae. [1] [2] [3] It is a common species found throughout eastern North America.Uranotaenia sapphirina was found from an experiment to be unlike Uranotaenia lowii which feeds only on anurans (frogs and toads), instead feeding exclusively on annelid hosts such as earthworm and leeches.
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Culex pipiens is a species of mosquito commonly referred to as the common house mosquito or northern house mosquito.Native to Africa, Asia and Europe, it is now widely distributed in temperate regions on every continent except Antarctica [1] and is one of the most common mosquitoes found in human habitats in temperate parts of the northern hemisphere. [2]
A New Hampshire father is fighting for his life after contracting three separate viruses from a single mosquito bite. Joe Casey, 54, has been on a ventilator in intensive care since early August ...
The pitcher plant mosquito, Wyeomyia smithii, has been featured in scientific studies because of its co-evolution with the purple pitcher plant. The relationship between the two species highlights a genetic response to climate change, which details how a population can evolve at a quicker pace in order to make accommodations due to the changes ...