Aedes poweri
Species of mosquito
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Aedes poweri is a mosquito of the genus Aedes first described by Theobald in 1905.
| Aedes poweri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Aedes |
| Subgenus: | Stegomyia |
| Species: | A. poweri |
| Binomial name | |
| Aedes poweri Theobald, 1905 | |
Distribution
This species has been reported in southern Zimbabwe, as the provinces KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, Western Cape, and Northern Cape of South Africa.[1][2]
Description
Aedes poweri can be difficult distinguish from Aedes hogsbackensis, which also inhabits the same region.[2]
