Cibarial sensilla and armature in mosquito adults (Diptera: Culicidae)

Cibaria of 37 species of mosquitoes representing nine genera were examined using light microscopy, and those of Anopheles farauti Laveran, Aedes aegypti (L.) Culiseta inornata (Williston), and Culex declarator Dyar and Knab were studied using scanning electron microscopy. Uniporous, trichoid, and campaniform sensilla were found inside the cibarial pump. Based on force-feeding studies of other workers and external structure of sensilla, it is …