Aedes macintoshi
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 macintoshi
Visual Description
Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, Aedes macintoshi exhibits typical culicid morphology.[1] The specimen displays a slender, elongated body characteristic of mosquitoes, with long, thin legs and a pair of prominent, multi-faceted compound eyes.[1] The thorax and abdomen show distinct segmentation, and the wings are elongated with visible venation patterns.[1]
History and Classification
Aedes macintoshi was described by E.N. Marks in 1959.[2] The species was identified as part of the subgenus Ochlerotatus within the Australian region.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 4 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Culicidae / Aedes / macintoshi constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Aedes macintoshi Marks, 1959. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1652204. Accessed 2026-07-15.