Aedes kochi
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| Aedes kochi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Aedes |
| Subgenus: | Finlaya |
| Species: | A. kochi |
| Binomial name | |
| Aedes kochi (Dönitz, 1901) | |
Aedes kochi is a species of mosquito in the genus Aedes, subgenus Finlaya. It is primarily found in Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, and Tonga, and is known for its ornate appearance and its role as a vector of lymphatic filariasis.[1]
Aedes kochi was first described by Dönitz in 1901. It belongs to the Kochi Group within the subgenus Finlaya.
