LAB MOSQUITOES Anopheles Female v Palpi as long

LAB. MOSQUITOES

Anopheles Female v Palpi as long as proboscis v antennae with few hairs.

Anopheles (Male) v with bushy antennae v Clubbed palpi. v Palpi as long as proboscis

Anopheles Head of male and female

Anopheles male & female

Anopheles Eggs… with float laid singly Float

Anopheles Larva Without breathing tube (named siphon).

Culex Female palpi very short, less than half as long as the proboscis

Culex Male Palpi as long as the proboscis with bushy antennae

Culex Female & Male

Culex Egg raft ►without float ►laid in mass

Culex Larva ü with breathing siphon

The stage Anophelinae Eggs laid singly, form mosaic designs, Boat-shaped and with floats. Culicinae Eggs laid either singly (Aedes) or in Rafts, without floats.

The stage Anophelinae Larvae No siphon, with palmate hairs, spirac les on 8 th segment, parallel to surface of water. Culicinae with siphon, spiracles on tip of siphon, a raw of teeth, comb on sides of segment 8, hang from surface of water by its siphon

The stage Pupae Anophelinae Culicinae Breathing trumpet short, and broad in lateral view, accessory paddle hair present trumpet long and narrow in lateral view, no accessory hair in paddle.

The stage Adults Anophelinae palpi of males and females as long as proboscis, in male the palpi are clubbed, wings mostly with aggregation of dark scales, when resting, the body is held with abdomen away from wall surface and thus forming an angle. Culicinae male palpi not clubbed, as long as proboscis or longer, pointed. Female palpi very short, wings without, or very rarely with definite dark and light spotting, abdomen parallel to or pointing towards resting surface.

females Culicine Anopheline males

Mosquito's females Anopheles Culex

Mosquito’s male Anopheles & Culex Clubbed palpi & bushy antannae Non Clubbed palpi & bushy antannae