The below mentioned article provides a note on Adult Mosquito.
Adult Mosquito:
Its body consists of a head, a three segmented thorax and a ten segmented abdomen. The head bears a pair of compound eyes, a pair of fifteen jointed antennae (plumosed in male and pilosed in female), a biting and sucking type of proboscis (Fig. 110. A.1, 2); eggs (110A.3, 4, 5, 6. 7); larva (110 A.8).
Proboscis of the female mosquito is strong like a needle, so that it can pierce through the skin, hence the female is blood sucker; whereas the proboscis of the male is not so strong, so the male is not voracious blood sucker (Fig. 110. Al); Pupa of mosquito (Fig. 110.A9) with trumpet Anopheles, culex (Fig. 110 A.10a, b).
Phlebotomus argentipes (Sand-fly) is a delicately built, small insect with lanceolate wings. Both body and wings are covered with hair (Fig. 110 A.11).
Culicoides austeni (biting midges) is a minute insect. Its head is humped over the head. Wings are hairy and dappled (spotted) (Fig. 110 A.12).
Simulium damnosum (black fly) are minute, stout bodied with a humped back and stout and short legs. Eyes are conspicuous. Wings are unspotted (Fig. 110 A.13).
Musca domestica (house fly) is a medium sized, slightly grey fly, with have wings and rectractile rostrum (Fig. 110 A.14).
Glossina palpalis (tsetse fly) is brown and is of the size of a house fly – 8 to 17mm. The wings are folded over one another straight back across the abdomen. Both female and male are voracious blood suckers (Fig. 110 A.15).
Chrysope dimidiata (mango fly) is the size of a house fly or larger. The wings are black, banded. It has secondary eye spots (Fig. 110 A.16).
Triatoma infestans (assassin bug, reduviid bug) is large in size. Its wings are well developed. The head is cone shaped. The abdomen is elongated and is not flattened (Fig. 110 A.17).
Xenopsylla cheopis (rat flea). Its body is laterally flattened and consists of a head, a three segmented thorax and a ten segmented abdomen. The head is roughly triangular and anteriorly rounds, has a pair of pigmented eyes.
There is the renal comb at the ventral border of the head, and pronatal combs at the posterior border of the pro-thorax (Fig. 110 A.18). On the ninth abdominal segment, there is saddle shaped structure-pygidium; from the seventh abdominal segment a pair of bristles overhangs the pygidium which is known as anti-pygidium (Fig. 110 A.18a).
Pediculus humanus (human louse) is dorsoventrally flattened and has a conical head, three segmented thorax and a ten segmented abdomen. Its three pairs of jointed legs ends in claws. Its abdomen is broad with a festooned border (Fig. 110 A.19).
Rhipicephalus sanguineus (tick) is dorsoventrally flattened and has a head, thorax and festooned abdomen, all being contiguous; also has dorsal scutum, short rostrum. Its first coxae is bifid. (Fig. 110 A.20).
Sarcoptes scabei (itch mite). Its body is round, dirty white. Two pairs of anterior legs come out of the margin of the body, the posterior legs remain within the body. The tarsi end in suckers (Fig. 110 A.21).
Demodex fullicularum (mango mite) is anteriority round and posteriorly tapering. Head, thorax and abdomen are clearly differentiated (Fig. 110 A.22).
