Aedes clelandi

Aedes clelandi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Culicidae
Genus:	Aedes
Subgenus:	Ochlerotatus
Species:	A. clelandi
Binomial name
	Aedes clelandi; (Taylor, 1914)

Last updated September 29, 2025

Aedes clelandi is a moderately sized species of mosquito in the genus Aedes. Larvae are found in open fresh clear water without vegetation, pools with grass and algae, and flooded rabbit burrows. Adults are known to bite humans during the day, generally between April and October.^[1] It is found in Western Australia and Flinders Island.^[2]

A. clelandi is regarded as an unlikely vector of myxomatosis.^[1]

Description

The head is black and has yellow and white scales dorsally. While the thorax is clothed with narrow golden scales, it is described to be a bright chestnut brown and a pale red-brown integument on the scutum. The abdomen is covered by violet-black scales with white basal banding. Similarly, the legs are black scaled with white banding. Overall, the mosquito is 6-6.5mm in length.^[2]

References

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.
1 2 Taylor, Frank (3 December 1913). "On the Culicidae of Australia" (PDF). Transactions of the Entomological Society of London.

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[:0-1] 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.

[:1-2] 1 2 Taylor, Frank (3 December 1913). "On the Culicidae of Australia" (PDF). Transactions of the Entomological Society of London.

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