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Culicini
Culicini is a tribe of mosquitoes in the subfamily 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 .... References External links * * Culicinae Nematocera tribes {{Culicidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galindomyia
''Galindomyia'' is a genus of mosquito in the tribe Culicini, subfamily Culicinae, family Culicidae. It is found in the Neotropical Region, including Ecuador Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ..., and contains a single described species. Species This genus contains one species. *''Galindomyia leei'' References Culicinae Monotypic Diptera genera {{Diptera-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Culex Pipiens
''Culex pipiens'' is a species of mosquito commonly referred to as the common house mosquito or northern house mosquito. Native to Africa, Asia and Europe, it is now widely distributed in temperate regions on every continent except Antarctica and is one of the most common mosquitoes found in human habitats in temperate parts of the northern hemisphere. A major vector of some viruses, it can be abundant in cities, especially those with poor wastewater management. It is the most common mosquito to the northern regions of the US. ''Culex pipiens'' is the type species for the genus ''Culex''. ''Culex pipiens'' includes two morphologically indistinguishable forms, ''Culex pipiens'' form ''pipiens'' and ''Culex pipiens'' form ''molestus'.'' Despite their morphological similarity, the two forms exhibit striking ecological and behavioral differences. Form ''pipiens'' lives above ground and primarily feeds on birds. Form ''molestus,'' also known as the London Underground mosquito, can li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Culex
''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. 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 used 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 mod ... [...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'': *'' 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 Theobald is a Germanic dithematic name, composed from the elements '' theod-'' "people" and ''bald'' "bold". The name arrived in England with the Normans. The name occurs in many spelling variations, including Theudebald, Diepold, Theobalt, Ty ..., 1901) *'' Deinocerites mathesoni'' Belkin & Hogue, 1959 ... [...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 le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
