Aedes australis

Aedes australis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Aedes
Subgenus: Halaedes
Species:
A. australis
Binomial name
Aedes australis
(Erichson, 1842)
Synonyms
  • Culex australis Erichson, 1842
  • Halaedes australis (Erichson, 1842)
  • Culex crucians F. H. Walker, 1856
  • Culicada tasmaniensis E. H. Strickland, 1911
  • Caenocephalus concolor F. H. Taylor, 1914

Aedes australis is a brackish water mosquito species from the subgenus Halaedes. It is native to Australia. It was first found in New Zealand in 1961 and is now present in the southern half of the South Island.

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