Aedes alboannulatus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Aedes |
| Subgenus: | Dobrotworskyius |
| Species: | A. alboannulatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Aedes alboannulatus (Macquart, 1850)
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Aedes alboannulatus is a mosquito species of the genus Aedes that is native to Australia.
Distribution
[edit]Aedes alboannulatus is widely distributed across southern Australia, occurring in both coastal and inland regions of southern Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and southern Western Australia.[1]
Disease transmission
[edit]Laboratory studies have demonstrated that Aedes alboannulatus can carry the Murray Valley encephalitis virus, a flavivirus present in parts of Australia.[2] However, it is a poor vector compared to species like Culex annulirostris and Aedes sagax.
References
[edit]- ^ "Species: Aedes alboannulatus". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
- ^ Kay, B.H.; Fanning, I.D.; Mottram, P. (1989). "The vector competence of Culex annulirostris, Aedes sagax and Aedes alboannulatus for Murray Valley encephalitis virus at different temperatures". Medical and Veterinary Entomology. 3 (3): 329–337. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2915.1989.tb00484.x.