Generic Larval Characters:

  • Mosquito generic character
  • 1. Head capsule widest at the level of the antennae
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  • Mosquito generic character
  • 2. Mandibles (Mn) with a "hairy" lateral lobe
  
  • Mosquito generic character
  • 3. Pecten teeth (Pt) bifid or trifid
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  • Mosquito generic character
  • 4. Saddle (Sa) of segment X represented by widely separated dorsal and ventral sclerites