Aedes cacozelus
Aedes cacozelus is a species of mosquito in the genus Aedes. It is a rare and large mosquito only known from south-west Western Australia and the type locality of Darkan.
The binomial name of A. cacozelus means 'a bad imitator', and refers to its partial resemblance of ''A. stricklandi.''
Description
The female holotype for A. cacozelus has wings of 4.9 mm in length. The head has a black integument with bronzy brown scales behind the eyes and laterally-flat white scales. Scutal scales are also a dark bronzy brown, scattered with white patches. Mottling on the wings and legs, all femora have white kneespots.No males or larvae were discovered.