Aedes papago
| Aedes papago | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Aedes |
| Subgenus: | Abraedes Zavortink, 1970 |
| Species: | A. papago
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| Binomial name | |
| Aedes papago Zavortink, 1970
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Aedes papago is a species of mosquito in the genus Aedes. It is found in tree-holes and rock-holes.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]Aedes (Abraedes) is a subgenus of Aedes that contains only Aedes papago.[2]
Description
[edit]Female A. papago mosquitoes have a wingspan of around 3.15 mm, a proboscis of up to 2.06 mm and an abdomen of 3.2 mm.[2] The integument on their head gradients from dark brown to black in colour. It lacks frontal bristles.
In males, the white speckling of the proboscis is reduced, or absent all together.[2]
Larvae
[edit]Larvae have an average head size of 0.97 mm and a siphon of 0.72 mm.[2] They have a white abdomen.
Distribution
[edit]Aedes papago has been found only from the Mendoza Canyon, in the Coyote Mountains in Arizona.[2] It is likely to occur in northwestern Mexico and southeastern Arizona.
References
[edit]- ^ AMCA Annual Meeting, www.eventscribe.net
- ^ a b c d e Mosquito studies (Diptera, Culicidae) XXII. A new sub genus and species of Aedes from Arizona., mosquito-taxonomic-inventory.myspecies.info. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
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