Aedini

Aedini
Aedes aegypti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Subfamily: Culicinae
Tribe: Aedini
Neveu-Lemaire, 1902
Type genus
Aedes
Meigen, 1818
Genera

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Synonyms

Aedini is a mosquito tribe in the subfamily Culicinae. It is the main tribe of mosquitoes with 1256 species classified in 81 genera and two groups incertae sedis.

  1. ^ Reinert, J. F. (2000). "New classification for the composite genus Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae: Aedini), elevation of subgenus Ochlerotatus to generic rank, reclassification of the other subgenera, and notes on certain subgenera and species" (PDF). Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 16 (3): 175–188. Retrieved 19 December 2021.