DTM&H - All things bugs & ectoparasites
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Culex, anopheles, aedes & mansonia - CORRECT ANSWER - Which species of mosquito
spread Wucheria bancrofti? (4)
- Dengue
- Chikungunya
- Yellow fever
- Zika
- LF (Brugia)
- Rift Valley - CORRECT ANSWER - What diseases does Aedes transmit (6)
- Malaria
- LF (Wucheria) - CORRECT ANSWER - What diseases does anopheles transmit? (2)
- Japenese encephalitis
- West Nile Virus
- One of the LF - CORRECT ANSWER - What diseases does Culex transmit? (3)
Female anopheles mosquito - CORRECT ANSWER - Which species of mosquito spreads
malaria?
Mansonia mosquito - CORRECT ANSWER - Which species of mosquito spread Brugia
Malayi (cause of lymphatic filariasis)?
- Aedes
,- Manosnia mosquito - CORRECT ANSWER - Which species of mosquito spread Brugia
timori (cause of lymphatic filariasis? (2)
Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus - CORRECT ANSWER - Which species of mosquito
spread Dengue?
Culex mosquito - CORRECT ANSWER - Which species of mosquito spread Japanese
encephalitis?
Culex - CORRECT ANSWER - Which species of mosquito spread West Nile Virus?
Aedes - CORRECT ANSWER - What species of mosquito spread Zika?
Aedes
Haemagogus in South America slyvatic cycles - CORRECT ANSWER - Which species of
mosquito spread Yellow Fever? (2)
Aedes - CORRECT ANSWER - Which species of mosquito spread Chikungunya?
Haemagogus - CORRECT ANSWER - Which species of mosquito spread yellow fever in
south american sylvatic situations?
Head
Thorax
Abdomen - CORRECT ANSWER - What are the 3 parts of the mosquito body?
- Female takes a blood meal
- Female lays up to 100 eggs (culex on stagnant water; anopheles on running water)
- Eggs hatch into larvae (under water)
, - Larva develop through 4 stages known as instar stages (under water)
- 4th instar larvae develops into pupae (under water)
- Pupae develop into adults at surface of water
- Female adult mates soon after emergence and stores sperm
- Eats blood meal again and repeat cycle (adult male eats sugar) - CORRECT ANSWER -
Describe the basic lifecycle of a mosquito
Anophiline
Culicinae - CORRECT ANSWER - What are the two main families of mosquito?
Malaria
Lymphatic filariasis (bancrofti) - CORRECT ANSWER - What diseases do anopheles
mosquito transmit?
Head down and abdomen in air (therefore in line) - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the
body position of the anopheles mosquito?
Anopheles = very long palps & long proboscis; adult = body in line
Culex = very short palps on the female adults (male palps are longer than prosboscis); adult =
body out of line - CORRECT ANSWER - How do you tell apart an anopheles mosquito
from culicinae?
Male = very bushy antennae ; bulbous palps
Female = not bushy antennae; thin palps, LONG proboscis - CORRECT ANSWER - How
do you tell apart a male anopheles mosquito from a female? (3)
Male = very bushy antennae; bushy and slanted palps (long palps tend to be longer than
proboscis)
Female = short palps, no bushy antennae - CORRECT ANSWER - How do you tell a male
culex and a female culex mosquito apart?
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Culex, anopheles, aedes & mansonia - CORRECT ANSWER - Which species of mosquito
spread Wucheria bancrofti? (4)
- Dengue
- Chikungunya
- Yellow fever
- Zika
- LF (Brugia)
- Rift Valley - CORRECT ANSWER - What diseases does Aedes transmit (6)
- Malaria
- LF (Wucheria) - CORRECT ANSWER - What diseases does anopheles transmit? (2)
- Japenese encephalitis
- West Nile Virus
- One of the LF - CORRECT ANSWER - What diseases does Culex transmit? (3)
Female anopheles mosquito - CORRECT ANSWER - Which species of mosquito spreads
malaria?
Mansonia mosquito - CORRECT ANSWER - Which species of mosquito spread Brugia
Malayi (cause of lymphatic filariasis)?
- Aedes
,- Manosnia mosquito - CORRECT ANSWER - Which species of mosquito spread Brugia
timori (cause of lymphatic filariasis? (2)
Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus - CORRECT ANSWER - Which species of mosquito
spread Dengue?
Culex mosquito - CORRECT ANSWER - Which species of mosquito spread Japanese
encephalitis?
Culex - CORRECT ANSWER - Which species of mosquito spread West Nile Virus?
Aedes - CORRECT ANSWER - What species of mosquito spread Zika?
Aedes
Haemagogus in South America slyvatic cycles - CORRECT ANSWER - Which species of
mosquito spread Yellow Fever? (2)
Aedes - CORRECT ANSWER - Which species of mosquito spread Chikungunya?
Haemagogus - CORRECT ANSWER - Which species of mosquito spread yellow fever in
south american sylvatic situations?
Head
Thorax
Abdomen - CORRECT ANSWER - What are the 3 parts of the mosquito body?
- Female takes a blood meal
- Female lays up to 100 eggs (culex on stagnant water; anopheles on running water)
- Eggs hatch into larvae (under water)
, - Larva develop through 4 stages known as instar stages (under water)
- 4th instar larvae develops into pupae (under water)
- Pupae develop into adults at surface of water
- Female adult mates soon after emergence and stores sperm
- Eats blood meal again and repeat cycle (adult male eats sugar) - CORRECT ANSWER -
Describe the basic lifecycle of a mosquito
Anophiline
Culicinae - CORRECT ANSWER - What are the two main families of mosquito?
Malaria
Lymphatic filariasis (bancrofti) - CORRECT ANSWER - What diseases do anopheles
mosquito transmit?
Head down and abdomen in air (therefore in line) - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the
body position of the anopheles mosquito?
Anopheles = very long palps & long proboscis; adult = body in line
Culex = very short palps on the female adults (male palps are longer than prosboscis); adult =
body out of line - CORRECT ANSWER - How do you tell apart an anopheles mosquito
from culicinae?
Male = very bushy antennae ; bulbous palps
Female = not bushy antennae; thin palps, LONG proboscis - CORRECT ANSWER - How
do you tell apart a male anopheles mosquito from a female? (3)
Male = very bushy antennae; bushy and slanted palps (long palps tend to be longer than
proboscis)
Female = short palps, no bushy antennae - CORRECT ANSWER - How do you tell a male
culex and a female culex mosquito apart?
