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CULICIDES [2 records]

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Record 1 2013-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
Culicidae
Latin
OBS

A family of insects of the order Diptera.

OBS

Female mosquitoes are vectors (i.e. carriers and transmitters) of major diseases, including malaria (caused by a protozoan), yellow fever (virus), filariasis (nematode), dengue (virus), and certain types of encephalitis (virus).

Key term(s)
  • mosquito

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Culicidae
Latin
OBS

Famille d’insectes de l’ordre des Diptères.

OBS

[Les Culicidae] ont des antennes au calibre uniforme, longues et grêles et des ailes allongées écailleuses. Larves et nymphes sont aquatiques, dans les eaux stagnantes. Ils transmettent des maladies importantes : le paludisme, des filarioses, la dengue, la fièvre jaune, la myxomatose, la fièvre de la vallée du Rift, le virus du Nil, des encéphalites à virus et la peste équine.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Insectos, ciempiés, arañas y escorpiones
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Culicidae
Latin
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Record 2 1989-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
DEF

Any mosquito of the genus Anopheles, certain species of which are vectors of the parasite causing malaria in humans, distinguished from other mosquitos by the absence of breathing tubes in the larvae and by the head-downward stance of the adult while resting or feeding.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
DEF

Moustique capable de transmettre le paludisme. Famille des culicidés.

Spanish

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