2nd lab

MBBS (medical entomology)

10 samples
Culex spp (Larva)

• Well-developed head
• Thorax is roundish
• Abdomen has nine visible segments
• Possess a siphon (long or short)
• Hang upside down at an angle from
the water surface to get oxygen
Culex spp (Adult)
Antennae

Palp

• Non hairy antennae

• Palpes much shorter
than proboscis
Anopheles spp (Larva)

• Well-developed head bearing

• Thorax is roundish
• Abdomen has nine visible segments
• Lie parallel to the water surface to
get oxygen by 2 spiracles on 8th
abdomen segment
 Anopheles spp (adult)

Palp

Antennae

• Non- Hairy antennae

• Palps nearly as long as

proboscis
Musca domestica

• Medium –sized (6-9mm)

• Non –metallic, light to dark grey
• Four rather broad black longitudinal
stripes on the thorax
• 4th vein of the wings bending up
sharply to join the 3rd
Sarcophaga spp
• About 10-25 mm
• Large and hairy non- metalic flies,
usually greyish
• 3 prominent black longitudinal stripes
on the thorax
• Chequer-board (chess-board) abdomen
appearance
Argasidae

• 8-13mm
• Roundish to oval
• Flattened dorso-ventrally
• No scutum (dorsal shield)
• Have eight legs
• Mouthparts (Capitulum) not visible,
are situated ventrally
Ixodidae
• 8-13 mm
• Flattened dorso-ventrally
• Roundish to oval
• With scutum (dorsal shield)
• Have eight legs
• Mouthparts projecting forwardly
and clearly visible dorsally
Sarcoptes scabiei

• 0.3-0.4 mm
• Pale & disc-shaped
• Four short pairs of legs
• Short and fat palps and pincer-
like chelicerae of the mouthparts
protrude anteriorly from the
body
Demodex folliculorum

• 0.2–0.4 mm
• Worm like, Striated body
• Four pairs of very short stubby
legs