Aedes scatophagoides
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 scatophagoides
Visual Description
Aedes scatophagoides is a mosquito species. Due to the limitations of the available imagery, specific morphological details such as wing venation, thoracic scaling, or abdominal banding patterns cannot be definitively resolved.[1]
Distribution and Ecology
Aedes scatophagoides has been documented in Mauritania, with records of its presence in the Gorgol and Guidimagha regions dating back to the late 1960s.[2]
This species has been identified as a host for certain pathogens, including fungi in the genus Coelomomyces, such as Coelomomyces psorophorae and Coelomomyces stegomyiae.[3]
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Culicidae / Aedes / scatophagoides constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Aichetou Mint Mohamed Lemine; Mohamed Aly Ould Lemrabott; Moina Hasni Ebou; Khadijetou Mint Lekweiry; Mohamed Salem Ould Ahmedou Salem; Khyarhoum Ould Brahim; Mohamed Ouldabdallahi Moukah; Issa Nabiyoullahi Ould Bouraya; Cécile Brengues; Jean‐François Trape; Léonardo K. Basco; Hervé Bogreau; Frédéric Simard; Ousmane Faye; Ali Ould Mohamed Salem Boukhary. Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Mauritania: a review of their biodiversity, distribution and medical importance. Parasites & Vectors. 2017. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-1978-y.
- ↑ Aedes scatophagoides. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Aedes%20scatophagoides. Accessed 2026-07-14.