Armigeres kesseli
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Culicidae
- Genus: Armigeres
- Species: Armigeres kesseli
Ecology and Behavior
Armigeres kesseli is a semi-domestic mosquito species. Its larvae are known to breed in various water-holding containers, including coconut shells, bamboo stumps, leaf axils, and rotting fruits. They are noted for their ability to tolerate highly polluted water bodies.[2]
Studies in urban residential areas of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, have characterized the host-seeking (biting) behavior of Ar. kesseli as distinctly crepuscular. Activity peaks occur in the early morning (0600–0700) and in the evening (1900–2000), with the evening peak being more pronounced. No biting activity has been observed during the daytime.[2]
Like other members of the genus Armigeres, this species is considered a potential vector for animal and lymphatic filariasis.[2]
Visual Description
Morphological traits for Armigeres kesseli could not be resolved from the available dataset imagery.[1]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Culicidae / Armigeres / kesseli constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 3 Chee Dhang Chen; Han Lim Lee; Koon Weng Lau; Abdul Ghani Kanesan Abdullah; S. B. Tan; Sa'diyah Ibrahim; Yusoff Norma‐Rashid; Pei Fen Oh; Chi Kian Chan; Mohd Sofian‐Azirun. Original article. Biting behavior of Malaysian mosquitoes, Aedes albopictus Skuse, Armigeres kesseli Ramalingam, Culex quinquefasciatus Say, and Culex vishnui Theobald obtained from urban residential areas in Kuala Lumpur. Asian Biomedicine. 2014. https://doi.org/10.5372/1905-7415.0803.295.