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)

Selected references

• 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)

Vernacular names

Bahasa Indonesia: Nyamuk demam berdarah, Nyamuk Aedes
Deutsch: Gelbfiebermücke
English: Yellow fever mosquito, Dengue fever mosquito
italiano: Zanzara tigre egiziana
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

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