一切經音義 3.24

3.24

蚊蝱（上勿汾反經中作蚉俗用非也說文作蟁齧人飛蟲子也下莫耕反聲類云蚊蚋之屬似蠅而大說文云山澤草花中化生也亦生鹿身中形大者曰蝱形小者而斑文曰[虫*朁][虫*朁]音蹔也）。

蚊蝱 (mosquitoes and gadflies; the former is wu/fen fan; written in sūtras as 蚉, which is a vulgar and incorrect form; Shuowen jiezi writes it as 蟁, a flying insect that bites humans; the latter is mo/geng fan; Shenglei says: 'Of the category of mosquitoes and midges, resembling flies but larger'; Shuowen jiezi says: 'Generated by transformation among grasses and flowers of mountains and marshes; also born on the bodies of deer; large ones are called 蝱, while small ones with speckled markings are called [虫*朁]'; [虫*朁] is pronounced zan).