Taxonomy Profile: Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus 1762)

Aedes aegypti: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Culex aegypti
Linnaeus 1762
Culex excitans
Walker 1848
Culex taeniatus
Wiedemann 1828
Stegomyia aegypti
Linnaeus 1762
Common Name(s):
yellow fever mosquito []
stégomyie []
yellowfever mosquito []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Aedes aegypti: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Protostomia
Superdivision : Ecdysozoa
Phylum : Arthropoda
arthropods |
Artrópode |
arthropodes |
Subphylum : Hexapoda
hexapods |
Class : Insecta
insects |
hexapoda |
inseto |
insectes |
Subclass : Pterygota
winged insects |
insects ailés |
Infraclass : Neoptera
modern, wing-folding insects |
Superorder : Holometabola
Order : Diptera
mosca |
mosquito |
gnats |
mosquitoes |
true flies |
Suborder : Nematocera
long-horned flies |
Infraorder : Culicomorpha
Family : Culicidae
mosquitoes |
maringouins |
moustiques |
Subfamily : Culicinae
Tribe : Aedini
Genus : Aedes
Pointy Mosquito |
Aedes aegypti Direct Children(s):
Aedes aegypti aegypti
(Linnaeus 1762)
Aedes aegypti formosus
(Walker 1848)
Aedes aegypti: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Aedes aegypti
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Harbach, Ralph E.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2018-01-01 / 2018-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Culicipedia: Species-group, genus-group and family-group names in Culicidae (Diptera)
Page(s):
xviii + 378
Publisher:
CAB International
Publication Place:
Glasglow, Scotland, UK
ISBN/ISSN:
9781786399052/
Notes:
Reference for:
Aedes aegypti
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilkerson, Richard C., Yvonne-Marie Linton and Daniel Strickman
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2021-01-19 / 2021-01-19
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mosquitoes of the World, vol. 1 and 2
Page(s):
ix + 1308
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
9781421438146/
Notes:
Reference for:
Aedes aegypti
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilkerson, Richard C., Yvonne-Marie Linton, Dina M. Fonseca, Ted R. Schultz, Dana C. Price, et al.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2015-07-30 / 2015-07-30
Article/Chapter Title:
Making Mosquito Taxonomy Useful: A Stable Classification of Tribe Aedini that Balances Utility with Current Knowledge of Evolutionary Relationships
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
PLoS ONE, vol. 10, no. 7, e0133602
Page(s):
1-26
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/1932-6203
Notes:
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0133602 ; available online at https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0133602
Reference for:
Aedes aegypti
Aedes aegypti: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Canada / Native
Aedes aegypti: Comments