Aedes lunulatus
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 lunulatus
Visual Description
Based on examination of museum specimens, Aedes lunulatus exhibits characteristic morphological features of the family Culicidae. The specimens display a slender, elongated body typical of mosquitoes, with well-defined, segmented antennae and prominent compound eyes. The wings are elongated and membranous, showing characteristic venation patterns. The legs are long and slender, with distinct tarsal segments.[1]
General Information
Aedes lunulatus is a species of mosquito within the family Culicidae. It was described by King and Hoogstraal in 1946.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Culicidae / Aedes / lunulatus constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Aedes lunulatus King & Hoogstraal, 1946. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1651634. Accessed 2026-07-15.