Aedes albopictus

Taxonavigation[edit]

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: Crustacea Superclassis: Allotriocarida Classis: 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 albopictus

Name[edit]

Aedes albopictus (Skuse, 1895)

Synonyms[edit]

Culex albopictus Skuse, 1895
Stegomyia albopicta (Skuse, 1895)

Primary references[edit]

Skuse F. A. A. (1894) [1895] The banded mosquito of Bengal. Indian Museum Notes. 5(3):20

References[edit]

Marabuto, E. & Rebelo, M.T. 2018. The Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse), a vector of dengue, chikungunya and zika viruses, reaches Portugal (Diptera: Culicidae). Zootaxa 4413(1): 197–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4413.1.10 . DOI: 10.1101/192575 . Reference page.
Williams, C.R. 2012: The Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) invasion into Australia: a review of likely geographic range and changes to vector-borne disease risk. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 136(2): 112–120. abstract only seen

Vernacular names[edit]

català: Mosquit tigre
Deutsch: Asiatische Tigermücke
English: Asian tiger mosquito
español: Mosquito tigre
français: Moustique-tigre
Bahasa Indonesia: Nyamuk macan
italiano: Zanzara tigre
日本語: ヒトスジシマカ
Lëtzebuergesch: Asiatesch Tiger-Moustique
Nederlands: Tijgermug
slovenčina: Tigrasti komar
ไทย: ยุงลายสวน
中文: 白线斑蚊

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