Usually, reports of myiasis is associated to flies. Because of resemblance in biology of fly and mosquito it seems the later could do it too.
I don't think they can. Mosquitoes, like most other Nematocera, prefer to oviposit in or close to an aquatic or semi-aquatic substrate and would not (as far as I know) oviposit on large animals' bodies regardless of availability of surface moisture. Also, the anatomy and physiology of a mosquito larva would not enable it to dig through the large animal's skin or flesh (even if there's an open wound already) and to parasitize.
There is a possibility, however, of mosquitoes serving as carriers of eggs of other dipterans (for instance Dermatobia hominis) which can cause myiasis. However, neither the mosquito nor its larvae actually cause myiasis.
I don't think they can. Mosquitoes, like most other Nematocera, prefer to oviposit in or close to an aquatic or semi-aquatic substrate and would not (as far as I know) oviposit on large animals' bodies regardless of availability of surface moisture. Also, the anatomy and physiology of a mosquito larva would not enable it to dig through the large animal's skin or flesh (even if there's an open wound already) and to parasitize.
There is a possibility, however, of mosquitoes serving as carriers of eggs of other dipterans (for instance Dermatobia hominis) which can cause myiasis. However, neither the mosquito nor its larvae actually cause myiasis.
Dear Billy Almarinez and Sumodan Pk
Thank you for your participation. I think doing in vitro experiments about this subject can be interested
Myiasis is infected by "maggots"larvae. Dermatobia fly eggs have been shown to be vectored by over 40 species of mosquitoes and muscoid flies, as well as one species of tick; the female captures the mosquito and attaches its eggs to its body, then releases it. Either the eggs hatch while the mosquito is feeding and the larvae use the mosquito bite area as the entry point, or the eggs simply drop off the muscoid fly when it lands on the skin. The larvae develop inside the subcutaneous layers, and after approximately eight weeks, they drop out to pupate for at least a week, typically in the soil.
All young stages (juveniles) of mosquitoes are aquatic,hence a myasis
No , because myiasis is an infestation of the Man & vertebrates by the" Larvae " of flies of certain families ( e.g. Calliphoridae (blow flies) ) belongs to the order Diptera which are feeds on fluids & tissues of host by obligatory or facultative ways.
I am not aware of any cases and the definitive text on myiasis in humans (Zumpt, 1965) mentions no mosquito species as causing myiasis. It is extremely unlikely as mosquito larvae live in water, but breath air. Hence there is not really any part of the human body in which they could survive.
Dear Richard, My question isn't only about human myiasis but animals too. Anyway thank you for the attention
There is no report of mosquito larvae infesting animal tissues, and it this occurrence would be extremely unprobable. Mosquito larvae live in water, and they would not have anatomical and physiological adaptation to enter in animals bodies or to dig in tissues, even in wounds. I would be very surprised it someone finds this.
They cannot. All species have aquatic stages and very few have larvae that predate mainly other mosquito larvae.
They can not because basically need to aquatic and or semi-aquatic conditions for continuing more generation.
The mosquito larvae dont cause myiasis,they are aquatic and dont invade living tissues.
I would be extremely unprobale to have mosquitoes invading animal tissues, because they are adapted to live in water, having no physiological or anatomical adapatations for that.
Mosquito larvae do not cause myiasis directly to my knowledge. But the point made above by Billy Almarinez is valid. Implicating mosquitoes can be tricky since Dermatobia hominis, the primary human bot fly, is typically free living as an adult, but attaches its eggs to mosquitoes and possibly other hematophagous flies that then may carry the Dermatobia eggs to a suitable human host, where the Dermatobia bot may develop. So, epidemiologically there is a connection between mosquitoes and at least this type of human myiasis. Please do note, however, that not all human myiasis is transmitted this way, and many species such as screwworms are transmitted directly to humans by the adult. The U.S. CDC has a nice graphic of this, including other information as well. The link is: http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/myiasis/biology.html
NO, NO, NO.
If in doubt, put on your hand and seethe poor larvaeslowly drying up and die...
No mosquito larvae do not cause myiasis because they develop only in water and do not exist in human or animal bodies
No, only certain terrestrial genera of flies larvae can cause myiasis.
No. Mosquitoes immature stages mostly aquatic. Adult females suck blood and males are rely on nectar.
Yes, there are a few occurrences of myiasis caused by larvae of the genus Psychoda (Diptera: Nematocera)
There indeed have been reports of larvae of Psychoda spp. causing myiasis (esp. urogenital myiasis). Even though they are also Nematocera, they belong to a family different from that of mosquitoes (Culicidae). As far as I know there has not been any published report of culicid larvae causing myiasis.
Dear Billy Almarinez , thanks for the answer. If you have, can u please send me link of this report?
You are welcome, Sir Mansour. If you are asking for links to the reports on cases of myiasis being caused by larvae of Psychoda spp., you may easily search for publications here in ResearchGate with the keywords "Psychoda" and "myiasis". You can likewise search Google for links to articles or at least abstracts of the publications using the same keywords.
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