Aedes pseudotaeniatus

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Aedes pseudotaeniatus
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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]

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Description

Adult can be distinguished by an anterior narrow, longitudinal line of pale scales on the tibiae and narrow scales on the scutellum. [4]

References

  1. "An annotated checklist of mosquitoes of Sri Lanka" (PDF). Man and Biosphere Reserve of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  2. "Species Details : Aedes pseudotaeniatus (Giles, 1901)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 1 February 2017.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. "pseudotaeniatus (Giles)". Systematic Catalog of Culicidae. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  4. "DESCRIPTION OF THE PUPA OF AEDES PSEUDOTAENIATUS (GILES) (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE)I" (PDF). Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. Retrieved 1 February 2017.