The Culicinae are the most extensive subfamily of mosquitoes (Culicidae) and have species in every continent except Antarctica, but are highly concentrated...
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mosquito Adult yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti, typical of subfamily Culicinae. Male (left) has bushy antennae and longer palps than female (right) The...
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List of mosquito genera (section Subfamily Culicinae)
There are 112 genera of mosquitoes, containing approximately 3,500 species. Human malaria is transmitted only by females of the genus Anopheles. Of the...
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Resting positions of adult Anopheles (A, B) are more upright than that of Culicinae (C)....
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Aedini is a mosquito tribe in the subfamily Culicinae. It is the main tribe of mosquitoes with 1256 species classified in 81 genera and two groups incertae...
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Sri Lanka is a tropical island situated close to the southern tip of India. The invertebrate fauna is as large as it is common to other regions of the...
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Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Diptera Family: Culicidae Subfamily: Culicinae Tribe: Toxorhynchitini Genus: Toxorhynchites Theobald, 1901 Species See...
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Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Diptera Family: Culicidae Subfamily: Culicinae Tribe: Culicini Genus: Culex Linnaeus, 1758 Type species Culex pipiens...
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Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Diptera Family: Culicidae Subfamily: Culicinae Tribe: Aedini Genus: Haemagogus Williston, 1896 Type species Haemagogus...
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maxillary palps are much shorter. (This is typical for the males of the Culicinae.) In addition, the tarsus of the hind legs of the males is more silvery...
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