#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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