Aedes multiplex
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 multiplex
Overview
Aedes multiplex is a species of mosquito within the family Culicidae. It was originally described as Skusea multiplex by Theobald in 1903 [2].
Visual Description
Visual inspection of specimens in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicates that Aedes multiplex exhibits typical morphological characteristics of the genus Aedes [1]. The specimens display the slender, elongated body form characteristic of mosquitoes, with distinct, multi-segmented legs and prominent compound eyes. Due to the limitations of the available imagery, finer diagnostic morphological traits such as specific scale patterns on the thorax or abdomen cannot be definitively resolved [1].
Research Context
While Aedes multiplex is a distinct species, research within the genus Aedes often focuses on the development of genetic control technologies. For instance, recent studies on related species like Aedes aegypti have explored the use of multiplexed, confinable CRISPR/Cas9 gene drive systems to manage populations and address challenges such as insecticide resistance [3].
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Culicidae / Aedes / multiplex constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Aedes multiplex (Theobald, 1903). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1652210. Accessed 2026-07-15.
- ↑ Michelle A. E. Anderson; Estela González; Matthew P. Edgington; Joshua X. D. Ang; Deepak-Kumar Purusothaman; Lewis Shackleford; Katherine Nevard; Sebald A. N. Verkuijl; Tim Harvey‐Samuel; Philip T. Leftwich; Kevin M. Esvelt; Luke Alphey. A multiplexed, confinable CRISPR/Cas9 gene drive can propagate in caged Aedes aegypti populations. Nature Communications. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-44956-2.