Aedes vigilax

Aedes vigilax is a species of mosquito in the Indomalayan region and Australasian region.

Aedes vigilax
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Aedes
Species:
A. vigilax
Binomial name
Aedes vigilax
(Skuse, 1889)

Distribution

Aedes vigilax's geographic distribution is, Australia, Fiji, Indonesia (including Java, Flores, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Sumatra including the Ketulauan Riouw Archipelago, Timor), Malaysia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, New Hebrides, Philippines, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor, Tonga, Vanuatu and Vietnam.[1][2]

Ecology

Individual Aedes vigilax adults can fly over 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) as they disperse across an area.[3]

References


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