Aedes japonicus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Culicidae |
Genus: | Aedes |
Subgenus: | Hulecoeteomyia |
Species: | A. japonicus
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Binomial name | |
Aedes japonicus (Theobald, 1901)
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Aedes japonicus, commonly known as the Asian bush mosquito or the Asian rock pool mosquito, was first described by Theobald in 1901 from Tokyo, Japan. They are competent arbovirus vectors known to transmit the West Nile virus as well as Japanese and St. Louis encephalitis.[1] They are listed as an invasive species by the Global Invasive Species Database.[2]
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