Aedes poweri
| Aedes poweri | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Aedes |
| Subgenus: | Stegomyia |
| Species: | A. poweri
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| Binomial name | |
| Aedes poweri Theobald, 1905
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Aedes poweri is a mosquito of the genus Aedes first described by Theobald in 1905.
Distribution
This species has been reported in southern Zimbabwe, as the provinces KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, Western Cape, and Northern Cape of South Africa.[1][2]
Description
Aedes poweri can be difficult distinguish from Aedes hogsbackensis, which also inhabits the same region.[2]
References
- ^ "Aedes poweri (Theobald, 1905)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
- ^ a b HUANG, YIAU-MIN (2004-10-27). "The subgenus Stegomyia of Aedes in the Afrotropical Region with keys to the species (Diptera: Culicidae)". Zootaxa. 700 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.700.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.