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Introduction
Mosquitoes are insects belonging to the order Diptera, the True Flies. Like
all True Flies, they have two wings, but unlike other flies, mosquito wings
have scales. Female mosquitoes mouthparts form a long piercing-sucking proboscis.
Males differ from females by having feathery antennae and mouthparts not suitable
for piercing skin. A mosquito’s principal food is nectar or similar sugar
source.
There are over 2500 different species of mosquitoes throughout the world;
about 200 species occur in the United States with 77 species occurring in
Florida. A new species, Anopheles grabhamii, was reported from
the Florida Keys in 2001 (Darsie et al. 2002). Each mosquito species
has a Latin scientific name, such as Anopheles quadrimaculatus.
Anopheles is the "generic" name of a group of closely related
mosquitoes and quadrimaculatus is the "species" name
that represents a group of individuals that are similar in structure and physiology
and capable of interbreeding. These names are used in a descriptive manner
so that the name tells something about each particular mosquito, for example,
Anopheles — Greek meaning hurtful or prejudicial and
quadrimaculatus — Latin meaning four spots (4 dark
spots on the wings). Some species have what are called "common names"
as well as scientific names, such as Ochlerotatus taeniorhynchus,
the "black salt marsh mosquito."
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