Aedes aegypti
Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Culicoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Culicidae
Subfamilia: Culicinae
Tribus: Aedini
Genus: Aedes
Subgenus: Stegomyia
Species: Aedes aegypti
Subspecies:
A. a. aegypti –
A. a. formosus
Name
[edit]Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)
Etymology: Latin, Aegyptus = Egypt
Synonyms
[edit]- Culex aegypti Linnaeus, 1762
- Culex argenteus Poiret, 1787
- Culex fasciatus Fabricius, 1805
- Culex calopus Meigen, 1818
- Culex frater Robineau-Desvoidy, 1827
- Culex mosquito Robineau-Desvoidy, 1827
- Culex augens Wiedemann, 1828
- Culex taeniatus Wiedemann, 1828
- Culex kououpi Brullé, 1833
- Culex toxorhynchus Macquart, 1838 39
- Culex annulitarsis Macquart, 1846: 136
- Culex excitans Walker, 1848
- Culex inexorabilis Walker, 1848
- Culex viridifrons Walker, 1848
- Culex exagitans Walker, 1856
- Culex insatiabilis Bigot, 1859
- Culex bancrofti Skuse, 1889
- Culex elegans Ficalbi, 1889
- Culex rossii Giles, 1889
- Stegomyia luciensis Theobald, 1901
- Stegomyia nigeria Theobald, 1901
- Stegomyia queenslandensis Theobald, 1901
- Stegomyia canariensis Pittaluga, 1905
- Culex albopalposus Becker, 1908
- Culex anguste-alatus Becker, 1908
- Duttonia alboannulis Ludlow, 1911
- Mimeteomyia pulcherrima Taylor, 1919
- Stegomyia atritarsis Edwards, 1920
- Stegomyia aegypti
Distribution
[edit]Cosmopolite (invasive)
- Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia
Notes
[edit]Carlos J. Finlay, a Cuban Physician, first connected Aedes aegypti to Dengue fever in Cuba in the 1800's.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Linnaeus, C. 1762. Zweyter Theil, enthalt Beschreibungen verschiedener wichtiger Naturalien. pp. 267–606. In: Hasselquist D.F. Reise nach Palt'istina in den Jahren von 1749 his 1752. Rostock, Germany. 606 pp. Reference page.
- Becker, T. 1908. Diptera duo nova ex Hungaria. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 6: 320. BHL. Reference page.
- Bigot, J.M.F. 1859. (incomplete reference) Reference page.
- Brullé, G.A. 1833. Expédition scientifique de Morée. Section des sciences physiques. Tome III. Zoologie et Botanique. 1re partie. Zoologie. Deuxième section.–Des animaux articulés. FG Levrault, Paris. Reference page.
- Edwards, F.W. 1920. (incomplete reference) Reference page.
- Fabricius, J.C. 1805. Systema Antliatorum, secundum ordines, genera, species: adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Bransvigae [Brunswick], apud Carolum Reichard. 372 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.15806
BHL Reference page. - Ficalbi, E. 1889. Notizie preventive sulle zanzare Italiane. Nota preventiva V. Descrizione di una specie nuova. Zanzara elegante, Culex elegans, n. sp. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 21: 95–100. BHL. Reference page.
- Ludlow, C.S. 1911. (incomplete reference) Reference page.
- Macquart, J. 1838. Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Mémoires de la Société Royale des sciences, de l'agriculture et des arts de Lille 1838(2): 9–225. BHL [Also reprinted separately as 'Tome 1, 1e partie' with different pagination: 5–221, see Crosskey, 1980: 1065.] Reference page.
- Macquart, J. 1846. Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Supplément. Mémoires de la Société Royale des sciences, de l'agriculture et des arts de Lille 1844: 133–364. BHL [Also reprinted separately with different pagination: 5–238, see Crosskey, 1980: 1066.] Reference page.
- Meigen, J. 1818. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten 1, v–xii, xxxvi + 1–332. Friedrich Wilhelm Forstmann, Aachen. BHL. Reference page.
- Pittaluga, G. 1905. Estudios acerca de los dípteros y de los parásitos que transmiten al hombre ya los animales domésticos. Imp. de la Gaceta de Madrid. Reference page.
- Robineau-Desvoidy, J.B. 1827. Essai sur la tribu des Culicides. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 3: 390–413. BHL Reference page.
- Skuse, F.A.A. 1889. Diptera of Australia. Part V - The Culicidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 3(4): 1717–1764. BHL Reference page.
- Taylor 1919 (incomplete reference)
- Theobald, F.V. 1901–1910. A Monograph of the Culicidae of the World. Reference page.
- Walker, F. 1848. List of the Specimens of Dipterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 1, 1–229. BHL Reference page.
- Walker, F. 1856. Diptera. Part V. pp. 415–474 in: Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed species in the collection of William Wilson Saunders, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. Vol. I. John Van Voorst, London. 474 pp. BHL Reference page.
- Wiedemann, C.R.W. 1828. Aussereuropäische zweiflügelige Insekten. Als Fortsetzung des Meigenschen Werks. Erster Theil. Schulz, Hamm. xxxii + 608 pp., 7 pls. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.14603 BHL Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Alto, B.W., Reiskind, M.H. & Lounibos, L.P. 2008. Size alters susceptibility of vectors to dengue virus infection and dissemination. American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 79(5): 688–695. abstract and full article (PDF)
Links
[edit]- Zicha, Ondřej et al. Aedes aegypti – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
- Aedes aegypti – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
- Aedes aegypti – Taxon details on Fauna Europaea.
- Aedes aegypti - GBIF
- Aedes aegypti - Global Invasive Species Dtabase
Vernacular names
[edit]- Deutsch: Gelbfiebermücke
- English: Yellow fever mosquito, Dengue fever mosquito
- français: stégomyie, moustique ou maringouin de la fièvre jaune
- Bahasa Indonesia: Nyamuk demam berdarah, Nyamuk Aedes
- italiano: Zanzara tigre egiziana, Zanzara elegante
- 日本語: ネッタイシマカ (熱帯縞蚊)
- português: mosquito-da-febre-amarela, mosquito-da-dengue, pernilongo-rajado
- ไทย: ยุงลายบ้าน
- 中文（臺灣）: 埃及斑蚊
