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27 Cards in this Set
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There are ___ thoracic segments and ___ abdomial segments |
3, 9-11 |
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Class ____: antenna, simple/compound eyes, labrum, labium, maxilla and mandibles |
Insecta |
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Life cycle of which ordered species undergo complete metamorphosis |
Diptera |
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They are characterized with one pair of wings, wings are reduced to halters. What order is the species? |
Diptera |
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_____ are blood sucking temporary ecto parasites. |
Mosquitoes |
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____ mosquito serves as vector of Malaria, Wucheria, Brugia. |
Anopheles |
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_____ species are vectors of Japanese encephalitis, tularemia and filariasis. |
Culex |
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____ species are vectors of Japanese encephalitis, yellow fever, dengue fever, tularemia and filariasis |
Aedes |
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Features of _____: long elongated slender body, legs, segmented antenna, proboscis. |
Mosquitoes |
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Distinguish sexes of mosquitoes: 1) ____ has long and numerous bristles having bushy appearance. 2) ____ has rings on few shorter bristles on antenna |
1) Male 2) Female |
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The Palps in Female are short and ___ jointed and palps in Male are long and ___ joint. |
3, 5 |
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Describe gonatrophic life cycle of female mosquitoes |
1) Searching for prey and blood sucking 2) Blood digestion and maturation of eggs 3) Flying to water and laying eggs |
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Which mosquite lays eggs 1) singly and 2) clusters |
1) Anopheles 2) Culex |
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The eggs are cigar shaped in 1) ____ and boat shaped in 2) ____ |
1) Culex 2) Anopheles |
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The larvae of anopheles mosquitoe is in 1) ___ position and culex mosquitoe is in 2) ____ position |
1) Parallel 2) Oblique |
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On 8th abdominal segment respiratory siphon is reduced in which mosquito? |
Anopheles |
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Culex is ____ feeder and anopheles is ____ feeder |
Bottom, surface |
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Abdominal segments are not very curved in ____ mosquito |
Culex |
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The body of adult ____ mosquitoe is parallel and ____ mosquitoe is angle 45⁰ |
Culex, anopheles |
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Spotted wings are found in ___ mosquito |
Anopheles |
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Mazillary Palps are shorter than proboscis in ____ mosquito and are equal in ____ |
Culex, anopheles |
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Last segment is thin in _____ mosquito and thick in ____ mosquito |
Culex, anopheles |
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____ flies are mechanical vectors of helminth disease, eggs of helminths and cyst of protists. |
House |
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____ fly is vector of African trypanosomiasis |
Tsetse |
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____ fly is vector for anthrax, tularemia and brucellosis |
Stable |
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Tissue myiasis is caused by larva of ___ fly |
Wohlfartia fly (spotted flesh fly) |
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Intestinal myiasis is caused by larva of ____ fly |
House fly, flesh fly, blow flies, drosphila larva. |
They also cause urinary myiasis |
