Aedeomyia catasticta

Aedeomyia catasticta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Culicidae
Genus:	Aedeomyia
Species:	A. catasticta
Binomial name
Aedeomyia catasticta Knab, 1909

Aedeomyia (Aedeomyia) catasticta, is a species of zoophilic mosquito belonging to the genus Aedeomyia . It is found in India, Sri Lanka, ^[1] Hawaii, Southeast Asian countries and Australia.

Description

Adult female is short and rounded wing densely clothed in broad scales. Antennal segments are short and thick. Proboscis dark with three pale bands. ^[2] Part of thorax show stellate setae and enormously long setae. Larva can be found from deep swampy habitats and clings to submerged stems of Pistia , Nitella . ^[3] In Queensland, Alfui virus has been isolated from the adults.

References

1. "An annotated checklist of mosquitoes of Sri Lanka" (PDF). Man and Biosphere Reserve of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
2. "aedeomyia mosquito". PaDIL. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
3. "Larval habitats of Australian mosquitoes". Keys to the Mosquitoes of the Australasian Region. 1944. Retrieved 31 January 2017.

External links

• aedeomyia mosquito - Aedeomyia catasticta Knab, 1909
• CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MOSQUITO FAUNA OF SOUTHEAST ASIA. VII. GENUS AEDEOMYL4 THEOBALD IN SOUTHEAST ASIA.
• Larval Survey of Surface Water-Breeding Mosquitoes During Irrigation Development in the Mahaweli Project, Sri Lanka
• Efficacy of bird-baited traps placed at different heights for collecting ornithophilic mosquitoes in eastern Queensland, Australia
• Potentialities for Accidental Establishment of Exotic Mosquitoes in Hawaii
• Land Use Influences Mosquito Communities and Disease Risk ^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}
• Biology of Culex sitiens, a Predominant Mosquito in Phang Nga, Thailand after a Tsunami