Insect Terminology

Arthropods are organisms that have:

• Jointed appendages• An exoskeleton• A segmented body

Insects differ from spiders because they have:

• Three body regions

• Compound and simple eyes

• One pair of antennae

Insects also have:• Six legs• One or two pairs of wings as adults• External skeleton (exoskeleton)

Metamorphosis

incomplete complete

Morphological Terminology

anterior

posterior

Morphological Terminology

apical or distal

basal or proximal

Morphological Terminology

medial

lateral

Morphological Terminology

dorsal

ventral

Mosquito Mouthparts

The insect leg is generally considered to be 5-segmented, with the tarsus having up to 5 segments and apical claws.

Tarsus

The Insect Leg

Coxa

Trochanter

Femur

Tibia

CLASSIFICATION of the common Mosquito

Kindom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder DipteraSuperfamily CulicoideaFamily CulicidaeSubfamily CulicinaeTribe Aedini