| Aedes bahamensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Aedes |
| Subgenus: | Howardina |
| Species: | A. bahamensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Aedes bahamensis Berlin, 1969
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Aedes bahamensis, also known as Howardina bahamensis, is a mosquito native to the Caribbean and Bahamas,[1] which was first discovered in two counties of southern Florida in 1986.[2] The females of the species do not require a blood meal to produce eggs, although they will bite if starved of nectar or in order to produce a second brood.[3] They are thought to be capable of transmitting St. Louis encephalitis.[4][5]
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- ^ Aedes (Howardina) bahamensis in the United States. Pafume, B A, et al. J. of the American Mosquito Control Assoc. Vol 4 No 3 Pg 380
- ^ "Blood Feeding and Autogeny in the Peridomestic Mosquito Aedes bahamensis (Diptera: Culicidae) - Journal of Medical Entomology". Archived from the original on 1 March 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ^ García-Rejón, JE; López-Uribe, MP; Loroño-Pino, MA; Arana-Guardia, R; Puc-Tinal, M; López-Uribe, GM; Coba-Tún, C; Baak-Baak, CM; Machain-Williams, C; Reyes-Solis, GC; Lozano-Fuentes, S; Saavedra-Rodriguez, K; Black, WC; Beaty, BJ; Eisen, L (2012). "Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti and Aedes (Howardina) cozumelensis in Yucatán State, México, with a summary of published collection records for Ae. cozumelensis". Journal of Vector Ecology. 37: 365–72. doi:10.1111/j.1948-7134.2012.00240.x. PMC 3727279. PMID 23181861.
- ^ Shroyer DA. "Preliminary studies of Aedes bahamensis as a host and potential vector of St. Louis encephalitis virus". J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 7: 63–5. PMID 2045810.