ENTO 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Aedes Albopictus, Yellow Fever, Aedes Aegypti
16 Sep 2016
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Members of the endopterygota have a pupal stage. The incomplete metamorphosis of exopterygotes has not contributed to diversity. Malphigian tubules are responsible for removing nitrogenous waste from haemolypmh. Endosymbionts within blood feeders produce a series of vitamins that are absent from the blood meal. Autogeny means the ability to produce an egg batch prior ro rst blood meal obligatory autogeny lay an egg batch before blood feeding facultative autogeny can choose either to feed or to lay eggs. Male mosquitoes have very feathery looking antennae and females look much more like a single twig. Females are the only ones to transmit disease. Human malaria mosquitos transmit lymphatic filariasis blood feeders. Hard to supress since females can produce multiple offspring. Eggs cannot resist desiccation must be laid on the water surface. Anopheles have dark and ale scales on wings. Adults at 45 angle with abdomen pointing upwards. Culicinae (largest subfamily) responsible for: yellow fever virus, dengue, zika, west nile.
