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Aedes
Aedes aegypti feeding.jpg
Aedes aegypti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Subfamily: Culicinae
Tribe: Aedini
Genus: Aedes
Meigen, 1818
Type species
Aedes cinereus
Meigen, 1818
Species

See List of Aedes species
Aedes aegypti
Aedes albopictus
Aedes australis
Aedes cinereus
Aedes polynesiensis
Aedes rusticus
Aedes vexans


See List of Aedes species
Aedes aegypti
Aedes albopictus
Aedes australis
Aedes cinereus
Aedes polynesiensis
Aedes rusticus
Aedes vexans

Aedes is a genus of mosquitoes originally found in tropical and subtropical zones, but now found on all continents except Antarctica. Some species have been spread by human activity. Aedes albopictus, a most invasive species, was recently spread to the New World, including the United States, by the used-tire trade. First described and named by German entomologist Johann Wilhelm Meigen in 1818, the generic name comes from the Ancient Greek ἀηδής, aēdēs, meaning "unpleasant" or "odious". The type species for Aedes is Aedes cinereus. Some species of this genus transmit serious diseases, including dengue fever, yellow fever, the Zika virus, and chikungunya. In Polynesia, the species Aedes polynesiensis is responsible for the transmission of human lymphatic filariasis.


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