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Toxorhynchites

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Etymology

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New Latin, from Ancient Greek τόξον (tóxon, bow) +‎ ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, snout, beak) +‎ -ίτης (-ítēs, nominal suffix), referring to the curved proboscis of the insect.

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Toxorhynchites m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Culicidae – elephant mosquitos, that do not consume blood and whose larvae are predators of other mosquito larvae.

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