Mosquitoes

Question 1

Which mosquito has eggs with float?
A. Anopheles
B. Aedes
C. Culex
D. Mansonia

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which mosquito has eggs that are viable within 6 months?
A. Anopheles
B. Aedes
C. Culex
D. Mansonia

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which mosquito lays its eggs in raft formation?
A. Anopheles
B. Aedes
C. Culex
D. Mansonia

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which mosquito lays its eggs in vegetation roots?
A. Anopheles
B. Aedes
C. Culex
D. Mansonia

Answer 4

D

Question 5

Which mosquito has larva without siphon tube & lies parallel to water?
A. Anopheles
B. Aedes
C. Culex
D. Mansonia

Answer 5

A

Question 6

A.Why is the pupa considered the most active stage of development?
B. T/F Pupa is usually used for genera classification

Answer 6

A. sex determination & wing development

B. F; seldom

Question 7

How to differentiate genus of mosquitoes @ adult form? enumerate 3 ways

Answer 7

1. scutum & scutellum of thorax/abdomen
2. fringe scale @ wings
3. markings and length of palpi

Question 8

Which mosquito has black and white markings @ body?
A. Anopheles
B. Aedes
C. Culex
D. Mansonia

Answer 8

B

Question 9

Which mosquito has dispersal of 50-300m?
A. Anopheles
B. Aedes
C. Culex
D. Mansonia

Answer 9

B

Question 10

Which mosquito has tip pointed upward @ fitting and resting position?
A. Anopheles
B. Aedes
C. Culex
D. Mansonia

Answer 10

A

Question 11

Which mosquito has fringe wing marking?
A. Anopheles
B. Aedes
C. Culex
D. Mansonia

Answer 11

A

Question 12

Which mosquito has palpi as long as proboscis, for females, and club-shaped palpi for males?
A. Anopheles
B. Aedes
C. Culex
D. Mansonia

Answer 12

A

Question 13

Which mosquito genus breeds @ rice fields, irrigation canal & fish pond?
A. Anopheles
B. Aedes
C. Culex
D. Mansonia

Answer 13

C

Question 14

biting rhythm: 8PM-2AM
A. Anopheles
B. Aedes
C. Culex
D. Mansonia

Answer 14

(A)

Question 15

biting rhythm: 6AM-6PM or 5AM-5PM
A. Anopheles
B. Aedes
C. Culex
D. Mansonia

Answer 15

(B)

Question 16

biting rhythm: 6PM-6AM
A. Anopheles
B. Aedes
C. Culex
D. Mansonia

Answer 16

(C)

Question 17

Man is incidental & dead-end host
A. Anopheles
B. Aedes
C. Culex
D. Mansonia

Answer 17

(C)

Question 18

Endophagic
A. Anopheles
B. Aedes
C. Culex
D. Mansonia

Answer 18

(B)

Question 19

Transovarial transmission
A. Anopheles
B. Aedes
C. Culex
D. Mansonia

Answer 19

(C)

Question 20

Resting is mainly outdoors
A. Anopheles
B. Aedes
C. Culex
D. Mansonia

Answer 20

D

Question 21

vector of Brugian filariasis
A. Anopheles
B. Aedes
C. Culex
D. Mansonia

Answer 21

D

Question 22

vector of Japanese encephalitis
A. Anopheles
B. Aedes
C. Culex
D. Mansonia

Answer 22

C

Question 23

Why is the swarm of mosquitoes noisy?

Answer 23

all the males are competing for the attention of the female

Question 24

Differentiate Aedes aegypti from Aedes albopictus in terms of breeding sites.

Answer 24

Aedes aegypti: container breeder

Aedes albopictus: axil breeders and tree holes

Question 25

Which Anopheles species can transmit Bancroftian filariasis?
A. Anopheles maculatus
B. Anopheles litoralis
C. Anopheles flavirostris

Answer 25

C

Question 26

Which Anopheles species is found in salty/brackish water?
A. Anopheles maculatus
B. Anopheles litoralis
C. Anopheles flavirostris

Answer 26

B

Question 27

Primary vector of Bancroftian filariasis

Answer 27

Aedes poecilus

Question 28

Which Anopheles species is found in high altitudes?
A. Anopheles maculatus
B. Anopheles litoralis
C. Anopheles flavirostris

Answer 28

A