Aedes pseudotaeniatus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Culicidae |
Genus: | Aedes |
Subgenus: | Collessius |
Species: | A. pseudotaeniatus |
Binomial name | |
Aedes pseudotaeniatus (Giles, 1901) |
Aedes (Collessius) pseudotaeniatus is a species complex of zoophilic mosquito belonging to subgroup III of Alloeomyia group E in subgenus Finlaya of the genus Aedes . It is found in Sri Lanka, [1] India, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Thailand, Nepal and Myanmar. [2] [3]
Adult can be distinguished by an anterior narrow, longitudinal line of pale scales on the tibiae and narrow scales on the scutellum. [4]