Mosquito

(Medical Entomology)
Mosquito
Mosquitoes are flies in the insect family Culicidae. Over 3,000
species of mosquitoes are known to exist worldwide.

Mosquitoes can be found in a wide variety of habitat/breeding

sites forming gutter, refuse dump, stagnant water, etc.
Part of an Adult Mosquito
Head
•Antennae
•Eye
•Palps
•Proboscis
Part of an Adult Mosquito
Thorax
•Halter
•Wing
•Leg
•Femur
•Tibia
•Tarsus
Part of an Adult Mosquito

Abdomen
•Genitalia
Life Cycle of Mosquito
 Life Cycle of Mosquito
Eggs
• Adult, female mosquitoes lay their eggs on the
inner, wet walls of containers with water, above
the waterline.
• Mosquitoes generally lay 100 – 200 eggs at a
time.
• Eggs are very hardy; they stick to the walls of a
container like glue and can survive drying out
for up to 8 months
 It only takes a very small amount of water to
attract a female mosquito. Bowls, cups,
fountains, tires, barrels, vases and any other
container storing water makes for a great
“nursery.”
Life Cycle of Mosquito
Larva
•It emerge from mosquito eggs, but
only after the water level rises to
cover the eggs. This means that
rainwater or humans adding water to
containers with eggs will trigger the
larvae to emerge.
•Larvae feed on microorganisms in
the water. After molting three times,
the larva becomes a pupa.
Life Cycle of Mosquito
Pupa
• Pupae will develop until the
body of the newly formed
adult flying mosquito
emerges from the pupal
skin and leaves the water.
 Life Cycle of Mosquito
Adult
•After adult mosquitoes emerge: male
mosquitoes feed on nectar from flowers
and female mosquitoes feed on humans
and animals for blood to produce eggs.
•After feeding, female mosquitoes will look
for water sources to lay more eggs.
•Aedes aegypti only flies a few blocks
during its life.
 Common Types of Mosquitoes

Culex Mosquitoes Anopheles Mosquitoes Aedes Mosquitoes

Morphology of Culex Mosquitoes

Male and female Culex mosquitoes have

dark short palps and a long dark proboscis,
dark abdomen with somewhat reflective
bronze or blue-green scales, dark thorax
with a lighter patch on the dorsal portion of
the mesepimeron, narrow and dark wing
scales, and dark legs.
Morphology of Anopheles
Mosquitoes

Anopheles mosquitoes are recognized by

their spotted wings, maxillary palpi as
long as the proboscis, crescent-shaped
scutellum, and characteristic resting
position.
Morphology of Aedes Mosquitoes

Aedes are characterized by the

presence of white rings on the tarsi
and white spots on the abdomen
and thorax.
Classification
It plays in the phylum orthogoda because it has jointed appendages
and the body is divisible. The body is covered with an exoskeleton
which is chitinos and its place in a class in the sector.
 Its body is divisible into three parts that are head, thorax, and
abdomen
it speaks in order Diptera which means one pair of wings and family
culicity it shows complete metamorphosis genus anopheles helix and
aedes.
What is the medical importance of
mosquito in respect to malaria?

Obligatory vectors of disease are those in which the

pathogen develops from one stage to another.
Malaria is an example of a disease that must be taken
up by a vector (mosquito) in order for the pathogen
(malaria) to develop from one stage to another. Without
the malaria parasite would die.
What are the medical importance of
the Anopheles mosquitoes?

Anopheles are insects that are medically important

because of their association with malaria, filariasis and
arbovirus infections.
There are nearly 500 recognised species of the
Anopheles mosquito. However, only a small number
are vectors for human diseases.
 Group 1
Bernal, John Kenneth
Cadano, Romely Ann
Casallo, Khester
Dato, Stephanie
Fernandez, Amie
Pimentel, Princess