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Descriptor English:

Culicidae

Descriptor Spanish:

Culicidae

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Descriptor	Culicidae
Entry term(s)	culícido culícidos mosquito mosquitos
Scope note:	Familia del orden DIPTERA a la que pertenecen los mosquitos. El estadio de larva es acuático y los adultos pueden reconocerse por las nervaduras características de las ALAS, las escamas a lo largo de las venas de las alas y la larga probóscide. Muchas especies tienen especial importancia médica.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Culicidae

Descriptor French:

Culicidae

Entry term(s):

Culicidés
Moustiques

Tree number(s):

B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.712.500.875

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009033

Scope note:

A family of the order DIPTERA that comprises the mosquitoes. The larval stages are aquatic, and the adults can be recognized by the characteristic WINGS, ANIMAL venation, the scales along the wing veins, and the long proboscis. Many species are of particular medical importance.

Annotation:

do not confuse with CULICOIDES see CERATOPOGONIDAE; for killing Culicidae with insecticides, see note at INSECTICIDES; mosquito bites = CULICIDAE or specific genus (IM) + INSECT BITES AND STINGS (IM)

Allowable Qualifiers:

AH anatomie et histologie
CH composition chimique
CL classification
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
IM immunologie
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PH physiologie
PS parasitologie
PY pathogénicité
RE effets des radiations
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

9225

Unique ID:

D009033

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Date Established:

1995/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01

Revision Date:

2017/07/12