Aedes cantator
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 cantator
Visual Description
Aedes cantator, commonly known as the brown saltmarsh mosquito, exhibits the characteristic morphology of the family Culicidae.[2] Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal a slender body typical of mosquitoes, with long, delicate legs and a pair of prominent, multi-segmented antennae.[1] The thorax and abdomen are covered in fine scales, often displaying a brownish coloration that provides camouflage in its saltmarsh habitat.[1]
Biology and Ecology
Aedes cantator (Coquillett, 1903) is an accepted species within the genus Aedes.[2] It is sometimes referred to by the synonym Ochlerotatus cantator.[3] As a saltmarsh mosquito, its life cycle is closely tied to brackish water environments.[2] The species has been documented as a vector capable of carrying pathogens, including the Jamestown Canyon virus and the Cache Valley virus.[4]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Culicidae / Aedes / cantator constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 3 Aedes cantator (Coquillett, 1903). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1651292. Accessed 2026-07-15.
- ↑ Ochlerotatus cantator. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aedes_cantator. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Aedes cantator. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Aedes%20cantator. Accessed 2026-07-14.