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 Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola 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 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

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. 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, Apud Carolum Reichard. 372 pp. 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.

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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.

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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. 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

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