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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 .
Culiseta alaskaensis, the Alaskan winter mosquito, is a Holarctic species of mosquito in the family Culicidae. It is found from Colorado north, Alaska, including from the Upper Cook Inlet region to the tundra. As with other Culiseta species, C. alaskaensis are cold-adapted and have appeared in the same habitats as Culiseta impatiens. [2]
Toxorhynchites rutilus, also known as the elephant mosquito or treehole predatory mosquito, is a species of mosquito in the family Culicidae. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Unlike most species in the genus that populate the tropics, Tx. rutilus is endemic to temperate regions . [ 5 ]
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 erraticus, which translates in English to Erratic Mosquito, is a species of mosquito in the family Culicidae. It is widespread in Florida, but rare in the northeastern United States. The mosquito ranges in the north from Connecticut and Ontario, west to Nebraska, and south to Mexico, Central America, and South America.
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.