Aedes katherinensis
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| Aedes katherinensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Aedes |
| Subgenus: | Stegomyia |
| Species: | A. katherinensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Aedes katherinensis Woodhill, 1949 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Aedes scutellaris katherinensis | |
Aedes (Stegomyia) katherinensis is a species of mosquito in the genus Aedes.[1] It is named for its type locality, being Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia. It is collected occasionally in container surveys in tropical Australia but is never a dominant species.[2]
It is found in the Northern Territory and the Kimberley region of Western Australia.[3]
The head of A. katherinensis is black, aside from two lateral white bands. It has a dark proboscis that is a little over the length of the forefemur, being 2.08 mm long.[2][3] In larvae, antennae are brown, but in adults they are black.[2]
The thorax is black to dark brown with white bands or patches of white scales. The scutum is covered by narrow dark brown scales, except for three bare areas, and rarely a specimen may have an indistinct line of yellowish scales on each side of the posterior bare area. Wing veins are covered by both broad and elongated dark scales, and at the base of the costa is a patch of white scales.[3]
Its abdomen is roughly 2.78 mm in length, of flat black scales with white bands and some patches of white scales.[3] The first of the seven tergites has long fine hairs, while the rest have a row of short hairs on their posterior margins.[2][3]
On the coxa of the legs are white scales and strong bristles, and the rest of the legs are black with white bands present on the fore, mid and hind femur, and the hind tarsi. The tibiae are fully black, with no white whatsoever.[3]
