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Mosquitoes belong to the order Diptera, a group of insects that only have one pair of wings, located on the mesothorax. The hind pair is reduced to small, drumstick-like organs, the halteres. Diptera can only take fluid food, sometimes in the form of blood. All species go through a complete metamorphosis in the life cycle.

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  1. Royal Army Medical College, London, UK

    N. R. H. Burgess (Defence Adviser in Entomology and Senior Lecturer in Entomology, Adjunct Professor of Preventive Medicine (Entomology), Honorary Senior Lecturer) & G. O. Cowan (Professor of Military Medicine)

  2. Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA

    N. R. H. Burgess (Defence Adviser in Entomology and Senior Lecturer in Entomology, Adjunct Professor of Preventive Medicine (Entomology), Honorary Senior Lecturer)

  3. Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London, London, UK

    N. R. H. Burgess (Defence Adviser in Entomology and Senior Lecturer in Entomology, Adjunct Professor of Preventive Medicine (Entomology), Honorary Senior Lecturer)

  4. Royal College of Physicians, London, UK

    G. O. Cowan (Professor of Military Medicine)

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Burgess, N.R.H., Cowan, G.O. (1993). Mosquitoes. In: A Colour Atlas of Medical Entomology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1548-3_2

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