Aedes aegypti

Aedes aegypti

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Culicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Endopterygota Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Nematocera Infraordo: Culicomorpha Superfamilia: Culicoidea

Familia: Culicidae
Subfamilia: Culicinae
Tribus: Aedini
Genus: Aedes
Subgenus: Stegomyia
Species: Aedes aegypti
Subspecies: A. a. formosus

Name

Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)

Etymology: Latin, Aegyptus = Egypt

Synonyms

• Culex aegypti Linnaeus, 1762
• Culex albopalposus Becker, 1908
• Culex anguste-alatus Becker, 1908
• Culex annulitarsis Macquart, 1844
• Culex argenteus Poiret, 1787
• Culex augens Wiedemann, 1828
• Culex bancrofti Skuse, 1889
• Culex calopus Meigen, 1818
• Culex elegans Ficalbi, 1889
• Culex exagitans Walker, 1856
• Culex excitans Walker, 1848
• Culex fasciatus Fabricius, 1805
• Culex frater Robineau-Desvoidy, 1827
• Culex inexorabilis Walker, 1848
• Culex insatiabilis Bigot, 1859
• Culex kououpi Brullé, 1833
• Culex mosquito Robineau-Desvoidy, 1827
• Culex rossii Giles, 1889
• Culex taeniatus Wiedemann, 1828
• Culex toxorhynchus Macquart, 1838
• Culex viridifrons Walker, 1848
• Duttonia alboannulis Ludlow, 1911
• Mimeteomyia pulcherrima Taylor, 1919
• Stegomyia atritarsis Edwards, 1920
• Stegomyia aegypti
• Stegomyia canariensis Pittaluga, 1905
• Stegomyia luciensis Theobald, 1901
• Stegomyia nigeria Theobald, 1901
• Stegomyia queenslandensis Theobald, 1901

Vernacular names

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（台灣）‎: 埃及斑蚊

Distribution

Cosmopolite (invasive)

• Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia

Notes

Carlos J. Finlay, a Cuban Physician, first connected Aedes aegypti to Dengue fever in Cuba in the 1800's.

References

• 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.
• 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)

Additional references

• Becker T., 1908.
• Bigot J.M.F., 1859.
• 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.
• Edwards F.W., 1920.
• Fabricius J.C., 1805. Systema Antliatorum, secundum ordines, genera, species: adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus.
• Ficalbi E., 1889e. Notizie preventive sulle zanzare Italiane. Nota preventiva V. Descrizione di una specie nuova. Zanzara elegante, Culex elegans, n. sp. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana, vol. XXI, pp. 95–100 (BHL).

• Ludlow C.S., 1911.
• Macquart, P.-J.-M. 1838. Insectes diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus, en deux volumes. Roret, Paris. Reference page. 
• Macquart, P.-J.-M. 1844. Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Tome deuxième; 3e partie. Roret, Paris. 304pp., 36 pls. 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., 1905c. Estudios acerca de los dípteros y de los parásitos que transmiten al hombre ya los animales domésticos. Imp. de la Gaceta de Madrid.

• Robineau-Desvoidy, J. B. 1827. Essai sur la tribu des Culicides. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 3: 390–413. Reference page. 
• Skuse F.A.A., 1889e. Diptera of Australia. Part V - The Culicidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 3(4): 1717-1764.
• Taylor, 1919
• Theobald F.V., 1901-1910. A Monograph of the Culicidae of the World.
• Walker, F. 1848. List of the Specimens of Dipterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 1, 1–229. 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.
• Wiedemann, C.R.W. 1828. Aussereuropaische zweiflugelige Insekten. Erster Theil. Schulz, Hamm. xxxii + 608 pp., 7 pls. Reference page. 

Links

• 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

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