Aedes tormentor
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 tormentor
Visual Description
Aedes tormentor is a mosquito species characterized by distinct morphological features observable in photographic records. Specimens exhibit a dark, slender body with prominent, contrasting pale or white banding on the abdomen. The thorax often displays a characteristic longitudinal pale stripe or pattern. The legs are typically dark, sometimes with subtle pale rings at the joints. These traits are consistent with observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset.[1]
Biology and Ecology
Aedes tormentor was described by Dyar and Knab in 1906.[2] It is recognized as an accepted species within the genus Aedes.[2]
Biotic interactions recorded for this species include associations with pathogens, such as nuclear polyhedrosis virus (NPV), and interactions with fungi.[3]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Culicidae / Aedes / tormentor constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Aedes tormentor Dyar & Knab, 1906. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1651985. Accessed 2026-07-15.
- ↑ Aedes tormentor. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Aedes%20tormentor. Accessed 2026-07-14.