Parasitic insects - mosquitoes

Japanese: 寄生昆虫 - きせいこんちゅう
Parasitic insects - mosquitoes

… Insects also surpass other animal groups in the diversity of their parasitic lifestyles. First, there are parasitic insects that specialize in vertebrates, which can be divided into those that only infest the adult stage (fleas, bedbugs, etc.), those that only infest the larvae stage (bottle flies, cow flies), and those that infest all stages (lice, biting lice). Next, there are those that parasitize invertebrates. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "parasitic insects" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 昆虫類は寄生生活の多様性においても,他の動物群をしのぐ。まず脊椎動物専門の寄生昆虫があり,これが寄生時期によって,成虫期のみ(ノミ,ナンキンムシなど),幼虫期のみ(ウマバエ,ウシバエ),全ステージ(シラミ,ハジラミ)に分けられる。次に無脊椎動物寄生の類がある。…

※「寄生昆虫」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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