Aedes ashworthi

Aedes ashworthi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Culicidae
Genus:	Aedes
Subgenus:	Halaedes
Species:	A. ashworthi
Binomial name
	Aedes ashworthi; (Erichson, 1842)

Last updated September 06, 2025

Aedes (Halaedes) ashworthi is a species of mosquito in the genus Aedes . It is found in Western Australia, and is strictly coastal, breeding in hypersaline rock pools.^[1]^[2] They are known to bite humans.^[1]

References

1 2 "An Atlas of the Mosquitoes of Western Australia" (PDF). health.wa.gov.au.
↑ R. A. Brust; R. J. Mahon (1997). "Resurrection of Aedes (Halaedes) ashworthi Edwards 1921: Morphological Characterisation and Separation from its Sibling Aedes (Halaedes) australis (Erichson) 1842 (Diptera: Culicidae)" (PDF). Australian Journal of Entomology. 36 (2): 129–136. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1997.tb01445.x – via mosquito-taxonomic-inventory.myspecies.info.

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[:0-1] 1 2 "An Atlas of the Mosquitoes of Western Australia" (PDF). health.wa.gov.au.

[2] R. A. Brust; R. J. Mahon (1997). "Resurrection of Aedes (Halaedes) ashworthi Edwards 1921: Morphological Characterisation and Separation from its Sibling Aedes (Halaedes) australis (Erichson) 1842 (Diptera: Culicidae)" (PDF). Australian Journal of Entomology. 36 (2): 129–136. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1997.tb01445.x – via mosquito-taxonomic-inventory.myspecies.info.

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