Aedes imperfectus
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 imperfectus
Description
Aedes imperfectus is a species of mosquito in the family Culicidae. It was described by the entomologist N.V. Dobrotworsky in 1963, based on specimens collected in Australia.[2]
Visual Description
Based on observations of specimens in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, Aedes imperfectus exhibits typical culicid morphology.[1] The body is slender, characteristic of the genus Aedes, with distinct segmentation of the thorax and abdomen. The wings are elongated and membranous, with visible venation patterns. The legs are long and thin, typical for mosquitoes, and the head features prominent compound eyes and specialized mouthparts adapted for feeding. Due to the nature of the photographic records, finer diagnostic scale patterns or specific setal arrangements are not consistently resolved.[1]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Culicidae / Aedes / imperfectus constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Aedes imperfectus Dobrotworsky, 1963. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1651615. Accessed 2026-07-15.