Aedes alboannulatus

Aedes alboannulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Culicidae
Genus:	Aedes
Subgenus:	Dobrotworskyius
Species:	A. alboannulatus
Binomial name
Aedes alboannulatus (Macquart, 1850)
Synonyms
Culex alboannulatus Macquart, 1850 Dobrotworskyius alboannulatus

Aedes alboannulatus is a mosquito species of the genus Aedes that is native to Australia. This species breeds in rain filled pools, in open, sunlit, or forest areas. The eggs are resistant to drying out, often laid on the soil substrate of drying pools. ^[1]

Adults bite humans readily, usually at dusk or shaded areas during the day. Birds are also bitten by A. alboannulatus. ^[1]

Distribution

Aedes alboannulatus is widely distributed across southern Australia, occurring in both coastal and inland regions of southern Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and southern Western Australia. ^[2]

Disease transmission

Laboratory studies have demonstrated that Aedes alboannulatus can carry the Murray Valley encephalitis virus, a flavivirus present in parts of Australia. ^[3] However, it is a poor vector compared to species like Culex annulirostris and Aedes sagax .

References

1. Liehne, Peter (1991). An Atlas of the Mosquitoes of Western Australia. Health Department of Western Australia. pp. 106–107. ISBN   9780730946359.
2. "Species: Aedes alboannulatus". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
3. Kay, B.H.; Fanning, I.D.; Mottram, P. (1989). "The vector competence of Culex annulirostris, Aedes sagax and Aedes alboannulatus for Murray Valley encephalitis virus at different temperatures". Medical and Veterinary Entomology. 3 (3): 329–337. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2915.1989.tb00484.x.