Aedes scutellaris

{{Short description|Species of fly}}

{{Speciesbox

| genus = Aedes

| parent = Aedes (Stegomyia)

| species = scutellaris

| authority = (Walker, 1859)

}}

Aedes scutellaris is a mosquito found in Ambon, Aru Islands, Seram, New Guinea.{{cite web|url=http://wrbu.si.edu/SpeciesPages_non-ANO/non-ANO_A-hab/AEscu_hab.html |title=WRBU: Aedes scutellaris |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100623224014/http://wrbu.si.edu/SpeciesPages_non-ANO/Non-ANO_A-hab/AEscu_hab.html |archivedate=2010-06-23 }} It is a vector for the dengue virus.{{cite journal |author =Peter R. Moore |author2 =Petrina H. Johnson |author3 =Greg A. Smith|author4 =Scott A. Ritchie |author5 =Andrew F. Van Den Hurk |name-list-style =amp |title=Infection and dissemination of dengue virus type 2 in Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus, and Aedes scutellaris from the Torres Strait, Australia |journal=Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association |volume=23 |issue=4 |pages=383–388 |date=December 2007 |pmid=18240514 |doi=10.2987/5598.1}}