Aedes epactius
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 epactius
Visual Description
Aedes epactius is a mosquito species characterized by typical culicid morphology. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset show that adults possess slender, elongated bodies with distinct, segmented legs and a pair of wings.[1] The thorax and abdomen often exhibit patterns of light and dark scales, which are diagnostic features common in the genus Aedes.[1]
Distribution and Ecology
Aedes epactius is recognized as a species within the family Culicidae.[2] It is documented in biological databases, including the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) and Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI).[3][4]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Culicidae / Aedes / epactius constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Aedes epactius. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aedes_epactius. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Aedes epactius. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Aedes%20epactius. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Aedes epactius Dyar & Knab, 1908. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/10680693. Accessed 2026-07-15.