Aedes increpitus
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 increpitus
Visual Description
The visual characteristics of Aedes increpitus are consistent with typical members of the genus Aedes. Specimens exhibit a slender, mosquito-like body form with characteristic wing venation and segmented appendages. Due to the limitations of the available photographic records from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, fine morphological details such as specific scale patterns on the thorax or abdomen cannot be reliably resolved.[1]
Ecology and Vector Competence
Aedes increpitus is a mosquito species that has been studied for its potential role in disease transmission. In research conducted in northern Colorado, the species was evaluated for its vector competence regarding the Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV). While the study observed midgut infection in the specimens tested, viral dissemination to the legs and wings, as well as transmission via saliva, were not detected in the small sample size (n=3) analyzed.[2] The study concluded that the potential for transmission by this species cannot be definitively ruled out, as the limited sample size precluded the determination of clear infection barriers.[2]
Interactions with other organisms have been documented, including visits to flowers of Baccharis glabrata and the presence of the microsporidian pathogen Amblyospora.[3]
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Culicidae / Aedes / increpitus constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Daniel A. Hartman; Nicholas A. Bergren; Therese Kondash; William Schlatmann; Colleen T. Webb; Rebekah C. Kading. Susceptibility and barriers to infection of Colorado mosquitoes with Rift Valley fever virus. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009837.
- ↑ Aedes increpitus. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Aedes%20increpitus. Accessed 2026-07-14.