When I collected my sample (Anopheles sundaicus) from nature, I got some An. sundaicus with this parasite, I don't know exactly if this is a parasite or not. If someone has information about this unknown species (funny monster), please share with me.
For sure it does not look like a protozoa!
it's clearly multicellular... so it can a lot of things
Where was it? Inside the mosquito? In which organ? more details, we want more!
But we can already call it "poppy eyes", so cute... *parasitologist* sorry lol
That looks like a round copepod, perhaps an associated species, like not full cyclopoïd ? I don't really know ...
It may be a zooplankton. for more information about that , you should send that for a parasitology laboratory.
Has the organism been magnified. It looks like a development stage of a tick or aquatic flea,
It does look copepod like, almost like an Argulus (common ectoparasite of fish) seen here: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EH7wLVnYpco/UMDO2WhKNuI/AAAAAAAAAc4/SrvYCDBrxTs/s1600/Argulus+01+copia.jpg
Can you add a scale bar to the picture to get a sense of size?
Not only the scale bar could be useful but also some details about the location of this "parasite" in the mosquito and the developmental stage of the host (I expect adult, but better to mention).
the parasite is located in throat area's of mosquito. I'm really confused to solve this, Would one of you to identify this, please give me your email, or maybe just send me a message, I'm really appreciate, thank you before
It looks like a mite (Acari, Arachnida) maybe a larval stage - it is not unusual. See
J Parasitol. 2013 Feb;99(1):31-9. doi: 10.1645/GE-3105.1. Epub 2012 Aug 27.
Adult mosquitoes parasitized by larval water mites in Pennsylvania.
Kirkhoff CJ1, Simmons TW, Hutchinson M.
There is also a great review in Ann. Rev. Entomology 1988 33:487-507.
Host-parasite interaction and impact of larval water mites on insects.
Its free on the web:
http://www.ithaca.edu/hs/biology/bsmith_pubpdf/smith_88.pdf
Hi Mirza,
I completely agree with Dina. It looks like a water mite, possibly Arrenurus sp., which are known to parasitize adult mosquitoes. Well done for spotting it! See if you can take better quality images to identify the species. Good luck.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arrenurus_albator.jpg?uselang=war
It looks as a phoretic mite. Perhaps, it is a deuteronymph of a mite from Uropodina.
Please sent lateral view and ventral view of this organism for better diagnosis. If you tell me about its actual size it will be useful for final diagnosis
It looks like an acari. It is amazing the things you can find in a throat of an haematophagus arthropod
Dear Colleague
in Anopheles species, the presence of water living mites belong to family Arrenuridae and Limnesiidae indicated that this sample is nulliparus (Smith, 1988)
I think Arthropods belonging to coliuptra or invertebrates belonging to acaros
Sara, Sunil, and Bassel Thank you so much for your answer, but could you help me to give some specific characteristic from species that you guess.
Mite infestation on mosquitoes is very common. In India Mansonia species are the most affected
May be an acarian Pediculoïdes ventricosus. It may cause dermatosis for human, but it may be also on dry plants or insects
water mites can parasitize mosquitoes at the larval stage, e.g. this paper Bohonak, A. J., B. P. Smith, and M. Thornton. 2004. Distributional, morphological and genetic consequences of dispersal for temporary pond water mites. Freshwater Biology 49:170-180.
HOWEVER I think Piona is a genus that predates on zooplankton, and your mite will be from a different genus
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