Aedes australis
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Culicidae
- Genus: Aedes
- Species: Aedes australis
Visual Description
Aedes australis exhibits typical morphological characteristics of the family Culicidae. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that the species possesses a slender body structure, characteristic of mosquitoes, with long, thin legs and a pair of wings. The coloration is generally muted, often featuring patterns of dark and light scales on the thorax and abdomen, which are common in the genus Aedes.[1]
Biology and Ecology
Aedes australis (Erichson, 1842) is an accepted species within the family Culicidae.[2] It has been documented in various biotic interactions, including as a host for several pathogens. Records indicate that Aedes australis can be associated with the fungi Tolypocladium cylindrosporum and Parathelohania barra, as well as the pathogen Coelomomyces tasmamensis.[3]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Culicidae / Aedes / australis constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Aedes australis (Erichson, 1842). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1651684. Accessed 2026-07-15.
- ↑ Aedes australis. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Aedes%20australis. Accessed 2026-07-14.