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Aedes lineatopennis
Aedes (Neomelaniconion) lineatopennis is a species complex of zoophilic mosquito belonging to the genus Aedes. It is found in Oriental Regions such as India, Sri Lanka, and also in Eastern & Southern Africa, Nigeria, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, and Australia. Female has a wing length of 4 to 5mm. Head scales golden, curved and narrow. Male with tentacles over long beak, distal with wool.
From the article Aedes lineatopennis on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
What it does
Female breeds in transient, rain-filled grass pools. The egg of the species are boat-shaped, with fragmented micropylar collar, and membrane-like wall enclosing many tubercles of exo-chorionic sculpture.
Wikipedia: “Reproduction”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 647354.