Mosquito
Of dipterous insect and Culicidae.
Two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals.
This concept's ID is @1~11396
Aedes
- yellow-fever mosquito
Mosquito that transmits yellow fever and dengue.
- Asian tiger mosquito
Striped native of Japan thriving in southwestern and midwestern United States...
Anopheles
- anopheline
Any mosquito of the genus Anopheles.
- malarial mosquito
Transmits the malaria parasite.
Culex
- common mosquito
Common house mosquito.
- Culex quinquefasciatus
Widespread tropical mosquito that transmits filarial worms.
Also contains
- gnat
(British usage) mosquito.