. Animal parasites and human disease. Medical parasitology; Insects as carriers of disease. STRUCTURE 425 General Structure. — Mosquitoes are members of the great insect order Diptera, to which so many human pests belong. Their nearest relatives, outside the mosquito family itself, are the midges (Chironomidse), craneflies (Tipulidae), sandflies (Phlebotomus), and blackflies or buffalo gnats (Simuliidae). The members of the mosquito family, Culicidae, can be distinguished from other Diptera which look more or less like them by the characteristic and quite conspicuous fringe of scales on the hi
. Animal parasites and human disease. Medical parasitology; Insects as carriers of disease. STRUCTURE 425 General Structure. — Mosquitoes are members of the great insect order Diptera, to which so many human pests belong. Their nearest relatives, outside the mosquito family itself, are the midges (Chironomidse), craneflies (Tipulidae), sandflies (Phlebotomus), and blackflies or buffalo gnats (Simuliidae). The members of the mosquito family, Culicidae, can be distinguished from other Diptera which look more or less like them by the characteristic and quite conspicuous fringe of scales on the hind. ; Fig. 188. Diagram of adult female mos- quito (Aedes soUicitans); abd., abdomen; ant., antenna; e., eye; halt., haltere; palp., palpus; prob., proboscis; th., Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Chandler, Asa C. (Asa Crawford), 1891-1958. New York, J. Wiley & sons, inc. ; London, Chapman & Hall
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