Aedes sticticus

{{Short description|Species of mosquito}} {{Speciesbox | image = Aedes sticticus 121770951.jpg | genus = Aedes | parent = Aedes (Ochlerotatus) | species = sticticus | authority = (Meigen, 1838) | synonyms = *''Aedes aldrichi'' {{small|Dyar and Knab, 1908}} *''Aedes gonimus'' {{small|Dyar and Knab, 1918}} *''Aedes vinnipegensis'' {{small|Dyar, 1919}} *''Culex aestivalis'' {{small|Dyar, 1904}} *''Culex hirsuteron'' {{small|Theobald, 1901}} *''Culex pretans'' {{small|Grossbeck, 1904}} *''Culex sticticus'' {{small|Meigen, 1838}} *''Ochlerotatus sticticus'' {{small|(Meigen, 1838)}} }}

'''''Aedes sticticus''''' is an uncommon mosquito, although the species can be abundant along river floodlands.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Helmersson|first=Erik|date=|title=Molecular identification of mosquito species|url=https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:657046/FULLTEXT01.pdf|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> It has been known to be responsible for human bites. Like all mosquitoes, it is only the females that bite.

==Distribution== ''Aedes sticticus'' has a very patchy but wide distribution in temperate parts of Europe, Asia and North America. It has an episodic and patchy distribution in Iowa and Wisconsin.

==Life cycle== Not a huge amount is known of its life cycle. It is believed that they overwinter in the egg stage.<ref>{{cite book|author1=P.S. Cranston |author2=C.D. Ramsdale |author3=K.R. Snow |author4=G.B. White |year=1987|title=Adults, Larvae, and Pupae of British Mosquitoes (Culicidae) A Key|pages=152 pp|publisher=Freshwater Biological Association|isbn=0-900386-46-0}}</ref>

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=== Further reading === {{Cite journal | last1 = Reinert | first1 = J.F. | last2 = Harbach | first2 = R.E. | last3 = Kitching | first3 = I.A.N.J | year = 2004 | title = Phylogeny and classification of Aedini (Diptera: Culicidae), based on morphological characters of all life stages | journal = Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society | volume = 142 | issue = 3 | pages = 289–368 | doi = 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00144.x| doi-access = free }}

== External links == * [http://eco.bcb.iastate.edu/mosquito/browse_species2.php?spcID=362 ''Aedes sticticus'' Iowa-Mosquito.net Iowa State University] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220011613/http://eco.bcb.iastate.edu/mosquito/browse_species2.php?spcID=362 |date=2009-02-20 }} * [http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/KiNSu.html ''Ochlerotatus sticticus'' Taxonconcept Knowledge Base University of Wisconsin]

sticticus Category:Insects described in 1838