how many teeth for the mosquito?

Answer 1

The mosquito doesn't have any teeth, they have what is commonly known as a proboscis. This type of mouth part is highly evolved into a straw-like siphoning apparatus, used to pierce the skin and draw blood (females) or as a way of reaching the nectar in the bottom of flowers (males and females).

Here is a photo of what it looks like:
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/techniques/darkfieldgallery/images/mosquito.jpg

Oh and for the record, there are no insects on the planet with teeth. They have four specialized mouth parts arranged in different patterns for different function.
Maxillae, mandible, labium and labrum

Answer 2

Both insane and BEETLE are more or less correct. Mosquitoes do not really have teeth as we know them. Their proboscis is made up of the same mouthparts that make up all insect mouthparts. In mosquitoes, where the mouthparts are modified into long, slender needle-like apparati, the parts are generally referred to as stylets.

In mosquitoes, there are two mandibles and two maxillae. The mandibles of the mosquito are basically long, thin, sharp blades that slice a tiny incision in the skin of their victim. The maxillae are similar, but the tip of each maxilla is serrated, and it saws these maxillae back and forth in the wound to enlarge the opening so that the other mouthparts can enter.

The labrum-epipharynx is sort of horseshoe-shaped in cross section. It lays on top of the tubular hypopharynx, with the top of the hypopharynx completing the bottom of the labrum-epipharynx, and creating what is essentially two separate tubes - almost like a double-barreled shotgun.

The hypopharynx injects the anti-coagulant saliva into the open wound, and the blood is sucked up through the labrum-epipharynx. The separation between these tubes is the reason that diseases like HIV are not easily transmissable by mosquitoes. Other diseases, like encephalitis or malaria are actually injected along with the saliva through the hypopharynx.

The labium is thicker and fleshier than the other mouthparts, and actually surrounds them almost like a scabbard, protecting the thin, delicate stylets from harm. The labium fold back as the stylets are deployed, allowing the mouthparts to get to work.

There are a few references to numbers of teeth in various mosquito species. What these are generally talking about is the number of serrations on the tips of the maxillae. In a few species, these can be used as diagnostics to determine what species you are looking at, but in most species the number is highly variable, with larger individuals generally having more 'teeth'. Few keys even mention these characters because of the variability and the fact that you need a pretty darned good microscope to even see the teeth, let alone count them.

Answer 3

They have a total of 37 teeths.
18 on Top and 19 at Bottom.

Answer 4

Four sets. Mosquitoes have four knife-like tools of serrated teeth that surround a pair of fine tubes — one for dripping a pain suppressor and one for sucking blood.A common house mosquito (Culex sp.) stabs the skin with her sharp snout and saws in with her four knife tools to draw blood. She shoots in saliva laced with anesthetic (to escape notice) and an anticoagulant (to keep blood flowing). Then she sucks blood.

Answer 5

Number of teeth= zero, only probosis

Answer 6

YES I know they don't have teeth...they have a probiscus. It's all lies!!!!
We get lots of bites at this time of year and let me tell you the little gastards that bit me have as many teeth a jaws...I get bites the size of a cent.

Answer 7

hey mosquitoes dont have teeths they have proboscis

Answer 8

mosquitoes dont have teeth, they have a probiscus, classified as peircing and sucking mouthparts

Answer 9

Hey, why are you aksing this question to others?? Go stand in front of the mirror; open your mouth wide and count!

Answer 10

each mosquito has one needle tooth