Aedes aegypti
| Yellow fever mosquito | |
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| Larva | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Aedes |
| Subgenus: | Stegomyia |
| Species: | A. aegypti
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| Binomial name | |
| Aedes aegypti | |
| Subspecies[2][3] | |
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| Global Aedes aegypti predicted distribution in 2015 (blue=absent, red=present) | |
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Aedes aegypti (/ˈiːdiːz/ US: /eɪdz/ or /ˈeɪdiːz/ from Greek αηδής 'hateful' and /eɪˈdʒɪpti/ from Latin, meaning 'of Egypt'), sometimes called the Egyptian mosquito, dengue mosquito or yellow fever mosquito, is a mosquito that spreads diseases such as dengue fever, yellow fever, and chikungunya. The mosquito can be recognized by black and white markings on its legs and a marking in the form of a lyre on the upper surface of its thorax. The mosquito is native to north Africa, but is now a common invasive species that has spread to tropical, subtropical, and temperate regions throughout the world.
- ^ a b Neal L. Evenhuis; Samuel M. Gon III (2007). "22. Family Culicidae" (PDF). In Neal L. Evenhuis (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. Bishop Museum. pp. 191–218. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
- ^ Souza-Neto, Jayme A.; Powell, Jeffrey R.; Bonizzoni, Mariangela (2019). "Aedes aegypti vector competence studies: A review". Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 67. Elsevier: 191–209. Bibcode:2019InfGE..67..191S. doi:10.1016/j.meegid.2018.11.009. ISSN 1567-1348. PMC 8135908. PMID 30465912.
- ^ Weetman, David; Kamgang, Basile; Badolo, Athanase; Moyes, Catherine L.; Shearer, Freya M.; Coulibaly, Mamadou; Pinto, João; Lambrechts, Louis; McCall, Philip J. (2018-01-28). "Aedes Mosquitoes and Aedes-Borne Arboviruses in Africa: Current and Future Threats". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 15 (2). MDPI: 220. doi:10.3390/ijerph15020220. ISSN 1660-4601. PMC 5858289. PMID 29382107.