First record of the mosquito Aedes (Downsiomyia) shehzadae (Diptera: Culicidae) in Australia: A unique discovery aided by citizen science

Affiliations

• ¹ The University of Sydney Institute for Infectious Diseases and Charles Perkins Centre Citizen Science Node, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia, Cameron.webb@health.nsw.gov.au.
• ² Medical Entomology, NSW Health Pathology, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia.
• ³ Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK.
• ⁴ Clinical and Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.
• ⁵ Public Health Virology, Forensic and Scientific Services, Department of Health, Queensland Government, Archerfield, Queensland 4108, Australia.
• ⁶ Australian National Insect Collection, National Research Collections Australia-CSIRO, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
• ⁷ iNaturalist Contributor, Australia.
• ⁸ The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia.
• ⁹ The Department of Medical Biology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia.