EIACP Programme Centre on Climate Change & Public Health

Systematic Position of Mosquito

Phylum Arthropoda
Sub phylum Uniramia
Class Insecta
Order Diptera
Sub order Nematocera
Infra order Culicomorpha
Super family Culicoidae
Family Culicidae
Sub family 1 Anophelinae
Genus Anopheles
Sub genus 1 Anopheles Meign
Sub genus 2 Cellia Theobald
Sub family 2 Toxorhynchitinae
Genus Toxorhynchites
Sub family 3 Culicinae
Tribe Culicini
Genus 1 Mansonia Blanchard
Genus 2 Aedes Meign
Genus 3 Culex Linnaeus