Medical Important

Mosquitoes Vector
Subfamilies
Anophelinae :
- Anopheles
Subfamilies Culicinae :
- Culex
- Aedes
- Mansonia

 GIO
Students are expected to understand
medically important of mosquitoes
vector
SIO
1. To study the objectives & general
methodology of collecting
mosquitoes.
2. To understand & be able to identify
medically important mosquitoes
vector
3. To understand the morphology &
specific

Mosquitoes
adult
diagrame

Anophelinae
Culicinae

Proboscis &
body in
one axis

Proboscis &
body in
two axis

Principal Characters for Identifying

Anophelinae and Culicinae

ANOPHELIN
E

CULICIN
E

FEMALE

Pointed Abdomen

Anopheles sp

Anopheles sp
OVA

LARVA

PUPA

Female Anopheles head

Anopheles head

Male

P
A
L
M
A
T
E
H
A
I
R

DORSAL VIEW
OF
Anopheles sp
larva
BREATHING
TUBE

ANOPHELINA
E
MALE

FEMALE

Culex sp

MALE

FEMALE

CULICINA
E

CULEX SP

Culex Larva

Long, tubular siphon on the eight

abdominal segmennt with spiracles
at tip. It has a series of teeth,
collectively called the pecten and
hair tufts (more than one)
When breathing, usually lie vertically
to water surface

Aedes sp

Aedes
albopictu
s

MEDIAN
MESONOTA
L
STRIPE

Aedes
aegypt
i

LYRE-SHAPE
MESONOTAL
MARKING

LIFE CYCLE OF Aedes sp

Long and
slender siphon

Oval
The eggs shell has
distinctive mosaic
pattern

Aedes albopictus larva

Aedes LARVA

Aedes
aegypt
i

Aedes
albopictu
s

Mansonia sp

Adult wings of Mansonia

sp

Scales on venae are asymmetric,

longer,
some part of them are narrower

Mansonia sp eggs

Oval with one end ,concentrate in one,

attached to the under surface of floating

Mansonia sp
LARVA

Mansonia sp
Tip of siphon with penetrating shunt

LARVA HEAD OF
Mansonia sp

Mansonia uniformis
LARVA

Tip of siphon has penetrating shut

on the last abdoment segment

PUPA of Mansonia
uniformis

Siphon with penetrating

shunt