Mosquito

There are various kinds of animals in the earth. They are divided into vertebrates and invertebrates. In this topic, we study about invertebrates (Mosquito). Mosquitoes are found all over the world but they are mostly common in humid and temperate climate. There are 2,700 species of mosquito in Nepal.Carbon dioxide gives mosquitoes the signal that blood is nearby, and since we exhale CO2, we make it easy for mosquitoes to find us.

Classification of Mosquito

Kingdom: Animalia
Sub kingdom: Invertebrata
Phylum: Arthopoda
Class: Insecta
Common name: Mosquito

Culex tarsalis and Anopheles freeborni are two main mosquitoes found in Nepal.

Structure

The body of mosquito is divided into three parts: head, thorax and abdomen.

Head: The head of the mosquito is very small and almost spherical in shape which is joined to thorax by the means of a short and narrow segment. The head bears a pair of compound eyes called palps and proboscis. There are 13 segments in each antenna. The second segment of each antenna possesses hearing organs called Johnston’s organs.

Thorax: The thorax consists of three parts: Prothorax, Mesothorax and Metathorax.

Abdomen: The abdomen of a mosquito is made of nine segments. The abdomen possesses an anal opening and a genital opening. The ninth segment of a male mosquito bears an anal which helps in copulation.

Difference between male and female mosquitoes