Aedeomyia catasticta

The Aedeomyia mosquito, Aedeomyia (Aedeomyia) catasticta, is a species of zoophilic mosquito belonging to the genus Aedeomyia. It is found in India, Sri Lanka,[1] Hawaii, Southeast Asian countries and Australia.

Aedeomyia catasticta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Superfamily:
Culicoidea
Family:
Culicidae
Subfamily:
Culicinae
Genus:
Aedeomyia
Species:
Aedeomyia catasticta

Knab, 1909

Description

Adult female is short and rounded wing densely clothed in broad scales. Antennal segments are short and thick. Proboscis dark with three pale bands.[2] Part of thorax show stellate setae and enormously long setae. Larva can be found from deep swampy habitats and clings to submerged stems of Pistia, Nitella.[3] In Queensland, Alfui virus has been isolated from the adults.

References
  1. "An annotated checklist of mosquitoes of Sri Lanka" (PDF). Man and Biosphere Reserve of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  2. "aedeomyia mosquito". PaDIL. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  3. "Larval habitats of Australian mosquitoes". Keys to the Mosquitoes of the Australasian Region. 1944. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
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