| Aedes vittatus | |
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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: | Fredwardsius |
| Species: | A. vittatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Aedes vittatus Bigot, 1861
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Aedes vittatus is a species of mosquito that was first described in 1861 as Culex vittatus from specimens collected on Corsica.[1] In 2000, the species was transferred to the newly erected subgenus Fredwardsius as the type (and only) species representing the subgenus.[2]
- ^ M. J. Bigot (1861). "Trois Dipteres nouveaux de la Corse". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 4 (1): 227–229.
- ^ John F. Reinert (2000). "Description of Fredwardsius, a new subgenus of Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae)" (PDF). European Mosquito Bulletin. 6: 1–7.