Aedes cozumelensis
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 cozumelensis
Visual Description
The available images for Aedes cozumelensis in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset consist of museum specimens.[1] Due to the nature of these specimens, detailed morphological traits such as fine scale patterns or specific setal arrangements are not clearly resolvable. The images show the general body form typical of mosquitoes within the family Culicidae, characterized by a slender abdomen, long legs, and a distinct head and thorax.
Distribution and Ecology
Aedes cozumelensis (Díaz Nájera, 1966) is a mosquito species distributed across the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico [2] [3]. It is found in peridomestic settings, where its range overlaps with other mosquito species such as Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus [2].
Ecological niche modeling suggests that the species has a broad potential distribution within Yucatán State, covering approximately 53.8% of its total area [2]. While the capacity of Ae. cozumelensis to transmit pathogens remains unknown, its behavioral characteristics and close relationship to known vectors have prompted further investigation [2].
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Culicidae / Aedes / cozumelensis constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 3 4 Carlos M. Baak‐Baak; David A. Moo‐Llanes; Nohemí Cigarroa-Toledo; Fernando I. Puerto; Carlos Machaín-Williams; Guadalupe Reyes-Solís; Yoshinori Nakazawa; Armando Ulloa-García; Julián E. García‐Rejón. Ecological Niche Model for Predicting Distribution of Disease-Vector Mosquitoes in Yucatán State, México. Journal of Medical Entomology. 2017. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjw243.
- ↑ Aedes cozumelensis Díaz Nájera, 1966. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1651960. Accessed 2026-07-15.