Aedes linesi
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 linesi
Visual Description
Aedes linesi exhibits typical mosquito morphology, characterized by a slender body, long, delicate legs, and a pair of functional wings. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that the species possesses a distinct proboscis, which is elongated and adapted for piercing and feeding.[1] The thorax and abdomen often display patterns of scales that are characteristic of the genus Aedes.[1]
History and Classification
Aedes linesi was described by Elizabeth N. Marks in 1964. The species was formally published in the paper "The subgenus Ochlerotatus in the Australian Region (Diptera: Culicidae). VII. Four new species," appearing in the Papers of the Department of Entomology, University of Queensland.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Culicidae / Aedes / linesi constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Aedes linesi Marks, 1964. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1650990. Accessed 2026-07-15.