Aedes alboannulatus

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Aedes alboannulatus
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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.

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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. [1]

Disease transmission

Laboratory studies have demonstrated that Aedes alboannulatus can carry the Murray Valley encephalitis virus, a flavivirus present in parts of Australia. [2] However, it is a poor vector compared to species like Culex annulirostris and Aedes sagax .

References

  1. ↑ "Species: Aedes alboannulatus". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  2. ↑ 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.


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