Aedes cacozelus
| Aedes cacozelus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Aedes |
| Subgenus: | Ochlerotatus |
| Species: | A. cacozelus
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| Binomial name | |
| Aedes cacozelus Marks, 1963
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Aedes cacozelus is a species of mosquito in the genus Aedes. It is a rare and large mosquito only known from south-west Western Australia and the type locality of Darkan.[1][2]
The binomial name of A. cacozelus means 'a bad imitator', and refers to its partial resemblance of A. stricklandi.[1]
Description
The female holotype for A. cacozelus has wings of 4.9 mm in length. The head has a black integument with bronzy brown scales behind the eyes and laterally-flat white scales. Scutal scales are also a dark bronzy brown, scattered with white patches. Mottling on the wings and legs, all femora have white kneespots.[1]
No males or larvae were discovered.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b c d Marks, Elizabeth N. (1963). "THE SUBGENUS OCHLEROTATUS IN THE AUSTRALIAN REGION (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE) V. THE STRICKLANDI SECTION". Australian Journal of Entomology. 2 (1): 31–47.
- ^ a b Peter F. S. Liehne. Diana L. Hartley (ed.). An Atlas of the Mosquitoes of Western Australia (PDF). Health Department of Western Australia. p. 120. Retrieved 29 September 2025.