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Culicinae
The Culicinae are the most extensive subfamily of mosquitoes (Culicidae) and have species in every continent except Antarctica, but are highly concentrated in tropical areas. Mosquitoes are best known as parasites to many vertebrate animals and vectors for disease. They are holometabolous insects, and most species lay their eggs in stagnant water, to benefit their aquatic larval stage. Introduction 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 balance. The mosquitoes also have long, slender, legs and proboscis-style mouth parts for feeding on vertebrate blood or plant fluids. Only the females are blood feeders, requiring a high quality protein meal before they can oviposit. Because the mosquitoes are well adapted for finding hosts, the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Culex Pipiens
''Culex pipiens'', commonly referred to as the common house mosquito, is a species of mosquito. House mosquitoes are some of the most common mosquitoes in the United States. More specifically, ''Culex pipiens'' is considered as the northern house mosquito, as it is the most common mosquito to the northern regions of the US. North of the 39th parallel north in the US, only ''C. pipiens'' are present, whereas south of the 36th parallel north, only ''C. quinquefasciatus'' (commonly known as the southern house mosquito) are present. Additionally, they can be found in both urban and suburban temperate and tropical regions across the world. ''Culex pipiens'' diet typically consists of vertebrate blood, as they consume human blood, but prefer bird blood of species that are nearly linked to human interaction, such as doves and pigeons. Furthermore, at the end of the summer and the start of the fall season before it is time for them to overwinter, ''C. pipiens'' subsist on nectar and ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Culex
''Culex'' is 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. They occur worldwide except for the extreme northern parts of the temperate zone, and are the most common form of mosquito encountered in some major U.S. cities, such as Los Angeles. Etymology In naming this genus, Carl Linnaeus appropriated the nonspecific Latin term for a midge or gnat: '. Description Depending on the species, the adult ''Culex'' mosquito may measure from . The adult morphology is typical of flies in the suborder Nematocera with the head, thorax, and abdomen clearly defined and the two forewings held horizontally over the abdomen when at rest. As in all Diptera capable of flight, the second pair of wings is reduced and modified into tiny, incon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deinocerites
''Deinocerites'' is a genus of mosquitoes in the family Culicidae. There are about 18 described species in ''Deinocerites''. Species These 18 species belong to the genus ''Deinocerites'': *''Clogmia albipunctata'' ( Williston, 1893) *'' Deinocerites atlanticus'' Adames, 1971 *''Deinocerites barretoi'' Adames, 1971 *'' Deinocerites belkini'' Adames, 1971 *'' Deinocerites cancer'' Theobald, 1901 (crabhole mosquito) *'' Deinocerites colombianus'' Adames, 1971 *'' Deinocerites costaricensis'' Adames & Hogue, 1969 *'' Deinocerites curiche'' Adames, 1971 *'' Deinocerites dyari'' Belkin & Hogue, 1959 *'' Deinocerites epitedeus'' (Knab, 1907) *'' Deinocerites howardi'' Belkin & Hogue, 1959 *'' Deinocerites magnus'' (Theobald, 1901) *'' Deinocerites mathesoni'' Belkin & Hogue, 1959 *'' Deinocerites mcdonaldi'' Belkin & Hogue, 1959 *''Deinocerites melanophylum'' Dyar & Knab, 1907 *'' Deinocerites nicoyae'' Adames & Hogue, 1969 *'' Deinocerites panamensis'' Adames, 1971 *''Deinocerites pseu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lutzia
''Lutzia'' is a genus of mosquitos. First described in 1903 by Frederick Vincent Theobald,Frederick V. Theobald. 1903. ''A monograph of Culicidae or mosquitoes'', III. London: British Museum (Natural History). xv + 359pp.; 155; http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/files/pdfs/131700-8.Pdf . it includes species whose larval stages exhibit predatory behavior. The type species is ''Lutzia bigoti''.Thomas V. Gaffigan, Richard C. Wilkerson, James E. Pecor, Judith A. Stoffer and Thomas Anderson. 2016a. "Lutzia" in ''Systematic Catalog of Culicidae'', Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, http://wrbu.si.edu/generapages/lutzia.htm , accessed 21 Feb 2016. Bionomics The genus includes two species with Neotropical distribution, four in Asia and Australasia, one Afrotropical, and one occurring in the Ogasawara Islands of Japan. Laboratory experiments on predation by ''Lutzia'' (''Metalutzia'') ''fuscana'' under arid conditions showed that it preyed primarily on ''Aedes aegypti'' larvae, and to less ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
