Entomology

Question 1

what is this vector? and what disease does it transmit?

Answer 1

blackfly ( simulium) and can transmit onchocerciasis with the protozoa onchocerca volvulus.

Question 2

what is this vector? and what disease does it transmit?

Answer 2

blackfly ( simulium) and can transmit onchocerciasis with the protozoa onchocerca volvulus.

Question 3

what is this?

Answer 3

blackfly larva or simulium larva ( has a classic fan filter)

Question 4

what is this?

Answer 4

blackfly pupa or pupa of simulium spp.

Question 5

what is this? and what disease does it cause?

Answer 5

deerfly or chrysops spp deerfly - causes loa loa

Question 6

this is the wing of a chrysops but what is the name of the cell in the middle

Answer 6

Discal cell - hexagonal shape.

Question 7

what is this? what is it the vector of?

Answer 7

Culicoides male biting midge. vector of mansonella. note the plume like antenna in a male.

Question 8

what is this? what is it the vector of?

Answer 8

Culicoides female biting midge. vector of mansonella.

Question 9

what is this?

Answer 9

culicoides larva - note the eyespots!! 12 body segments. watch out as similar to other nematodes!!