Aedes cacozelus

Aedes cacozelus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Culicidae
Genus:	Aedes
Subgenus:	Ochlerotatus
Species:	A. cacozelus
Binomial name
	Aedes cacozelus; Marks, 1963

Last updated September 29, 2025

Aedes cacozelus is a species of mosquito in the genus Aedes. It is a rare and large mosquito only known from south-west Western Australia and the type locality of Darkan.^[1]^[2]

The binomial name of A. cacozelus means 'a bad imitator', and refers to its partial resemblance of A. stricklandi. ^[1]

Description

The female holotype for A. cacozelus has wings of 4.9 mm in length. The head has a black integument with bronzy brown scales behind the eyes and laterally-flat white scales. Scutal scales are also a dark bronzy brown, scattered with white patches. Mottling on the wings and legs, all femora have white kneespots.^[1]

No males or larvae were discovered.^[1]^[2]

References

1 2 3 4 Marks, Elizabeth N. (1963). "THE SUBGENUS OCHLEROTATUS IN THE AUSTRALIAN REGION (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE) V. THE STRICKLANDI SECTION". Australian Journal of Entomology. 2 (1): 31–47.
1 2 Peter F. S. Liehne. Diana L. Hartley (ed.). An Atlas of the Mosquitoes of Western Australia (PDF). Health Department of Western Australia. p. 120. Retrieved 29 September 2025.

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[:1-1] 1 2 3 4 Marks, Elizabeth N. (1963). "THE SUBGENUS OCHLEROTATUS IN THE AUSTRALIAN REGION (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE) V. THE STRICKLANDI SECTION". Australian Journal of Entomology. 2 (1): 31–47.

[:0-2] 1 2 Peter F. S. Liehne. Diana L. Hartley (ed.). An Atlas of the Mosquitoes of Western Australia (PDF). Health Department of Western Australia. p. 120. Retrieved 29 September 2025.

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