Aedes aegypti

Aedes aegypti

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Culicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa 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. aegypti – A. a. formosus

Name

Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)

Etymology: Latin, Aegyptus = Egypt

Synonyms

• 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
• Culex annulitarsis Macquart, 1844
• 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

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

Primary 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. Reference page. 
• Becker, T. 1908. (incomplete reference) 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. pp.372. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.15806 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, 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. 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. 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.
• 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

• 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

• 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

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

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