Mansonia
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Introduction
A genus of brown-black medium size mosquitoes often having a banded abdomen & legs. Mansonia larvae have modified breathing tubes enabling them to pierce aquatic tubes to obtain air.
Distribution
worldwide, especially in tropical areas Mansonia species are vectors of Brugia malayi & Wuchereria bancrofti.
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References
- ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995