Aedes poicilius
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Culicidae
- Genus: Aedes
- Species: Aedes poicilius
Visual Description
Aedes poicilius is a mosquito species. Based on observations of preserved specimens, the adult exhibits characteristic morphological features of the genus Aedes, including a slender body structure and distinct wing venation typical of Culicidae.[1]
Ecology and Medical Importance
Aedes poicilius is recognized as a vector of Wuchereria bancrofti, the parasite responsible for Bancroftian filariasis in the Philippines.[2] The species is known to thrive in Musa (banana) plantations, which provide suitable breeding habitats for its populations. Predictive modeling indicates that environmental variables, particularly isothermality, influence the distribution of this species and the prevalence of the disease it transmits.
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Culicidae / Aedes / poicilius constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Loida M. Recopuerto-Medina; Regina Rebecca A. Atienza; Jorienne Mae F. Flaminiano; Margaret M. Manuel; Gia Mikaela T. Perez; Corky Philip M. Zeta; F Medina; Nikki Heherson A. Dagamac. Geospatial analysis of Aedes poicilius, vector of Bancroftian Filariasis in the Philippines. Journal of Parasitic Diseases. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-024-01766-z.