PARASITOLOGY

MOSQUITOES
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O Great St. Joseph of Cupertino who while on earth

did obtain from God the grace to be asked at your
examination only the questions you knew, obtain for
me a like favors in the examinations for which I am
now preparing. In return I promise to make you
known and cause you to be invoked.

Through Christ our Lord.

St. Joseph of Cupertino, Pray for us.

Amen.

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Is it a mosquito???

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Is it a male or female mosquito???

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Is it a anopheles or culicine mosquito???
Anophelene Culicine

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Is it a anopheles or culicine mosquito???
Anophelene Culicine

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APPEARANCE
Anophelene Culicine

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Life Cycle
Anophelene Culicine

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Genera of culicines
Anophelene Culicine

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Pupa
Culicine Pupa

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Aedes
Wings with groups of light coloured,
narrow scales giving conspicuous spots

Conspicuous black and white scales forming patterns

On thorax and giving legs a banded appearance

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Aedes eggs

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Aedes eggs

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Aedes larva

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Aedes larva

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Aedes aegypti male and female

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Aedes aegypti male and female
Male characteristic features Female characteristic features
• Mouth parts – • Mouth parts
• feathery antennae • Pilose antennae
• Long palps • Short palps

• Thorax • Thorax
• 2 curves white lines on sides of • 2 curved white lines on sides of
thorax thorax

• Legs • Legs
• Black and white bands on legs • Black and white bands on legs

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Aedes albopictus - female

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Mansonia

Wings with groups of light and dark coloured,

Broad scales giving a speckled appearance

Scales heart- shaped

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Mansonia Spp. eggs

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Mansonia Spp. eggs

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Mansonia Spp. larva

Chitinized, "saw-like" (Serrated) siphon.

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Mansonia Spp. larva

Chitinized, "saw-like" (Serrated) siphon.

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Mansonia Spp. wing Broad scales with "salt and pepper"
appearance.

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Mansonia Spp. wing

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 Culex
Wings with groups of light coloured,
narrow scales giving conspicuous spots

Dull brown mosquitoes

Lacking prominent banding on legs or conspicuous thoracic
markings

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Culex spp - Eggs

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Culex spp - Eggs

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Culex spp - larva
Thin and long siphon tube is at the posterior
end.
Three (3) sub ventral tufts.

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Culex spp - larva
Thin and long siphon tube is at the posterior
end.
Three (3) sub ventral tufts.

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Culex male and female
Male female

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Culex male
Male female

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Culex female
Female female

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Culex male and female
Male characteristic features
• Mouth parts –
• Feathery Plumose antenna
• Long palps
Female characteristic features
• Mouth parts
• Pilose (less hairy) antennae
• Short palps

• Thorax • Thorax
• No markings on back of thorax • Dull brown in colour
• No markings on thorax, legs and
wings

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Anophelus

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Anophelus eggs

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Anophelus eggs

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Anophelus larva

No siphon tubes

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Anophelus larva

No siphon tubes

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Anophelus wings Four (4) sharply defined pale areas on its
anterior border and a fifth one on the wing tip.

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Anophelus wings Four (4) sharply defined pale areas on its
anterior border and a fifth one on the wing tip.

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ANOPHELUS male and female
Male female

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ANOPHELUS male
Male female

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ANOPHELUS female
Male female

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Anophelus male and female
Male characteristic features
• Mouth parts –
• Plumose antenna
• Long and clubbed palps
Female characteristic features
• Mouth parts
• Pilose (less hairy) antennae
• Long palps

• Wings • Wings
• Light and dark bands are • Have light and dark bands on
present the edge

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