Aedes contiguus
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 contiguus
Visual Description
Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, Aedes contiguus exhibits typical morphological characteristics of the genus Aedes.[1] The specimens display a slender, elongated body structure characteristic of mosquitoes, with distinct, segmented legs and a pair of prominent, multi-faceted compound eyes.[1] The coloration includes patterns of dark and light scales on the thorax and abdomen, which are diagnostic features often used in the identification of culicid species.[1]
History and Classification
Aedes contiguus was described by the entomologist F.W. Edwards in 1936.[2] The original description was published in the Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B), as part of his work on new African culicine mosquitoes.[2]
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References
- 1 2 3 4 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Culicidae / Aedes / contiguus constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Aedes contiguus Edwards, 1936. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1651823. Accessed 2026-07-15.