Aedes wardangensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Culicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Nematocera Infraordo: Culicomorpha Superfamilia: Culicoidea

Familia: Culicidae
Subfamilia: Culicinae
Tribus: Aedini
Genus: Aedes
Subgenus: Aedes (Halaedes)
Species: Aedes wardangensis

Name

• Aedes wardangensis Brust et al., 1998
  • Authority for current placement: original
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Original genus: Aedes
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: ANIC
  • Type locality: 'Northwest coast of Wardang Island, 137.21°E, 34.30°S, South Australia'

References

• Brust, R.A.; Ballard, J.W.O.; Driver, F.; Hartley, D.M.; Galway, N.J.; Curran, J. 1998: Molecular systematics, morphological analysis, and hybrid crossing identify a third taxon, Aedes (Halaedes) wardangensis sp. nov., of the Aedes (Halaedes) australis species-group (Diptera: Culicidae). Canadian journal of zoology, 76(7): 1236–1246. DOI: 10.1139/z98-051 PDF