Aedes intrudens
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 intrudens
Visual Description
Aedes intrudens is a mosquito species characterized by typical culicid morphology. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that, like other members of the genus Aedes, it possesses a slender body, long, thin legs, and a pair of functional wings.[1] The specimens exhibit characteristic mosquito features including a prominent proboscis adapted for feeding and distinct compound eyes.[1]
Ecology and Interactions
Aedes intrudens has been documented interacting with various organisms in its environment. It has been observed visiting flowers of plants in the family Orchidaceae.[2] Additionally, it serves as a host for the microsporidian pathogen Parathelohania legeri.[2]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Culicidae / Aedes / intrudens constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Aedes intrudens. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Aedes%20intrudens. Accessed 2026-07-14.