The Aedeomyia mosquito, ''Aedeomyia (Aedeomyia) catasticta'', is a species of zoophilic
mosquito
Mosquitoes (or mosquitos) are members of a group of almost 3,600 species of small flies within the family Culicidae (from the Latin ''culex'' meaning " gnat"). The word "mosquito" (formed by ''mosca'' and diminutive ''-ito'') is Spanish for "li ...
belonging to the genus ''
Aedeomyia
''Aedeomyia'' is a genus of flies belonging to the family Culicidae
Mosquitoes (or mosquitos) are members of a group of almost 3,600 species of small flies within the family Culicidae (from the Latin ''culex'' meaning "gnat"). The word "mosqu ...
''. It is found in
India
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,
Sri Lanka
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,
Hawaii
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Southeast Asia
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n countries and
Australia
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.
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. 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
''Nitella'' is a genus of charophyte green algae in the family Characeae.
Species
The species in the genus include:
*'' Nitella abyssinica'' A. Braun
* '' Nitella acuminata'' A. Braun ex Wallman
*'' Nitella aemula'' A. Braun
* '' Nitella an ...
''.
In Queensland,
Alfui virus has been isolated from the adults.
References
External links
aedeomyia mosquito - Aedeomyia catasticta Knab, 1909CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MOSQUITO FAUNA OF SOUTHEAST ASIA. VII. GENUS AEDEOMYL4 THEOBALD IN SOUTHEAST ASIA.Larval Survey of Surface Water-Breeding Mosquitoes During Irrigation Development in the Mahaweli Project, Sri LankaEfficacy of bird-baited traps placed at different heights for collecting ornithophilic mosquitoes in eastern Queensland, AustraliaPotentialities for Accidental Establishment of Exotic Mosquitoes in HawaiiLand Use Influences Mosquito Communities and Disease RiskBiology of Culex sitiens, a Predominant Mosquito in Phang Nga, Thailand after a Tsunami
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Culicinae