#family_Culicidae__Culicidae mosquitoes
supertype: #arthropod_family__arthropodfamily any of the arthropods
member of: #suborder_Nematocera
member: #mosquito two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals
member: #wiggler__wriggler larva of a mosquito
member: #genus_Aedes__Aedes yellow-fever mosquitos
member: #yellow-fever_mosquito__Aedes_aegypti mosquito that transmits yellow fever and dengue
member: #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
member: #genus_Anopheles__Anopheles malaria mosquitoes; distinguished by the adult's head-downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in the larvae
member: #anopheline any mosquito of the genus Anopheles
member: #malarial_mosquito__malaria_mosquito__malariamosquito transmits the malaria parasite
member: #genus_Culex__Culex type genus of the Culicidae: widespread genus of mosquitoes distinguished by holding the body parallel to the resting surface
member: #common_mosquito__Culex_pipiens common house mosquito
member: #Culex_quinquefasciatus__Culex_fatigans widespread tropical mosquito that transmits filarial worms
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