#mosquito  two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals
  supertype:  #dipterous_insect__dipterousinsect__two-winged_insects__dipteran__dipteron  insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing
  member of:  #family_Culicidae
  subtype:  #gnat.mosquito  British usage
  subtype:  #yellow-fever_mosquito__Aedes_aegypti  mosquito that transmits yellow fever and dengue
  subtype:  #Asian_tiger_mosquito__Aedes_albopictus  striped native of Japan thriving in United States southeast and midwest and spreading to the Caribbean; potential carrier of serious diseases
  subtype:  #anopheline  any mosquito of the genus Anopheles
  subtype:  #malarial_mosquito__malaria_mosquito__malariamosquito  transmits the malaria parasite
  subtype:  #common_mosquito__Culex_pipiens  common house mosquito
  subtype:  #Culex_quinquefasciatus__Culex_fatigans  widespread tropical mosquito that transmits filarial worms

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