Mansonia

A genus of brown or black medium-sized mosquitoes (tribe Culicini), often having banded abdomen and legs; larvae and pupae have modified breathing tubes enabling them to pierce aquatic plants to obtain air. M. mosquitoes are distributed worldwide and, in tropical areas, are important vectors of Brugia malayi; in some areas they also transmit Wuchereria bancrofti. [P. Manson]

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Man·so·nia man-'sō-nē-ə n a widespread genus of mosquitoes that carry filarial worms and whose larvae and pupae obtain oxygen directly from plants underwater

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Man·so·nia (mən-soґne-ə) [Sir Patrick Manson] a genus of mosquitoes of the tribe Mansoniini, subfamily Culicinae, several species of which transmit Brugia malayi. Some species may also transmit viruses such as those causing equine encephalomyelitis.