Aedes aegypti

Yellow fever mosquito
	Adult
	Larva
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Culicidae
Genus:	Aedes
Subgenus:	Stegomyia
Species:	A. aegypti
Binomial name
	Aedes aegypti; (Linnaeus in Hasselquist, 1762)
Subspecies
	Aedes aegypti aegypti; Aedes aegypti formosus;
	Global Aedes aegypti predicted distribution in 2015,; (blue=absent, red=present)
Synonyms
	Culex aegypti Linnaeus in Hasselquist, 1762; Culex fasciatus Fabricius, 1805; Culex bancrofti Skuse, 1889;

Aedes aegypti (UK pronunciation: /ˈiːdiːz/; US pronunciation: /ˈeɪdz/ or /ˈeɪdiːz/ from Greek αηδής: "hateful" and /eɪˈdʒɪpti/ from Latin, meaning "of Egypt"), the yellow fever mosquito, is a mosquito that can spread dengue fever, chikungunya, Zika fever, Mayaro and yellow fever viruses, and other disease agents. 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. This mosquito originated in Africa, but is now found in 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.

[Evenhuis-1] 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.

[Neto-et-al-2019-2] 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-et-al-2018-3] 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.

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