| Aedes britteni | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Aedes |
| Species: | A. britteni |
| Binomial name | |
| Aedes britteni Marks and Hodgkin, 1958 | |
Aedes (Finlaya) britteni is a species of mosquito in the genus Aedes found in Northern Western Australia and the Northern Territory. [1] It breeds in tree holes, the type series were bred from a rot-hole in a Baobab tree. [1] Little is known of the adult biology, and it is not known to bite humans. [2]
A. britteni is named after E. J. Britten, of the Department of Public Health, Western Australia.