Aedes argenteoscutellatus

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Aedes argenteoscutellatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Aedes
Subgenus: Aedimorphus
Species:
A. argenteoscutellatus
Binomial name
Aedes argenteoscutellatus
Carter & Wijesundara, 1948

Aedes argenteoscutellatus is a species of mosquito belonging to the subfamily Culicinae. It was first described by Carter and Wijesundara in 1948. [1] It is endemic to Sri Lanka. [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. Skinner, H. (1899) , Doings of societies. Ent. News 10: 79-80. [1899.03.04]
  2. Gunathilaka, Nayana (2018). "Annotated checklist and review of the mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) in Sri Lanka". Journal of Insect Biodiversity. 7 (3): 38–50. doi:10.12976/jib/2018.07.3.1.
  3. Nalini Jeyasekera; Robert V.Chelliah (1981). An annotated checklist of mosquitoes of Sri Lanka (PDF). UNESCO Man and the Biosphere National Committee for Sri Lanka Publication. Vol. 8. Colombo: National Science Council of Sri Lanka. 16 pp. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  4. "Aedes (Aedimorphus) argenteoscutellatus Carter & Wijesundara, 1948". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 9 August 2024.