Mosquito Taxonomic Inventory

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Abbreviation:

CE

Definition:

A light-perceptive organ consisting of an aggregation of optic elements (ommatidia) generally located on each side of the head. In adult mosquitoes, convex, kidney-shaped and occupying much of the anterolateral surface of the head. Apparently rarely functional in endopterygotous larvae. In mosquito larvae, apparently present in a developing state during all instars; becoming prominently pigmented and perhaps functional in older larvae. In mosquito pupae, present in a developing state; perhaps functional.

Synonyms:

Adults: eye. Larvae: adult eye, anlagen of the adult eye, eye (including the stemma), eye spot (including the stemma), imaginal eye, lateral eye (including the stemma), larval eye (including the stemma), primordia of imaginal eye, primordial ommatidia of the adult, primordia of the compound eye of the imago. Pupae: eye, imaginal eye.