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

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

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

Deutsch: Gelbfiebermücke
English: Yellow fever mosquito, Dengue fever mosquito
Bahasa Indonesia: Nyamuk demam berdarah, Nyamuk Aedes
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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