Aedes papago
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 papago
Visual Description
Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, Aedes papago exhibits the characteristic morphology of a mosquito, with a slender body, long legs, and a pair of wings.[1] The specimens display a typical dipteran body plan, including a distinct head with prominent compound eyes, a thorax, and an elongated abdomen.[1]
Biology and Classification
Aedes papago is a species of mosquito in the family Culicidae.[2] It was formally described by Thomas J. Zavortink in 1970.[2] The original description was published in Contributions of the American Entomological Institute as part of a series on mosquito studies, specifically detailing a new subgenus and species of Aedes from Arizona.[2]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Culicidae / Aedes / papago constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 3 Aedes papago Zavortink, 1970. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1651325. Accessed 2026-07-15.