Author
- (Linnaeus)
- 1762:470 (A; Culex)
- Egypt (NE)
Distribution
- Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Bahama Islands, Anguilla,
Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan,
Azores, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bermuda,
Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria,
Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Islands, Central
African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, R. Congo, D. R. Congo,
Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Djbouti, Dominica, Dominican
Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial
Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia,
Ghana, Greece, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti,
Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Ivory
Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon,
Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi,
Malaysia, Mali, Martinique, Mauritania, Mexico, Micronesia, Montserrat,
Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles,
New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman,
Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines,
Portugal, Qatar, Rio Muni, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis,
Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone,
Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Suriname,
Swaziland, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad
and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates,
United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Synonyms
- argenteus Poiret
- fasciatus
- calopus
- frater
- mosquito
Bionomics
- In association with man, aegypti will use any and
all natural and artifical containers. Away from urban areas the
species tends to favor pools in river beds, tree stumps, tree
holes and natural containers. Females are primarily day biters
and readily enter buildings to feed. They have also been taken
in lesser numbers at night (Christophers 1960).
Medical Importance
- Primary vector of dengue and yellow fever (Christophers 1960).
Additional References
- Dyar
1920i:204 (tax.)
- Patton
1933:182 (tax.)
- Barraud
1934:221 (M*, F, L*)
- Edwards
1941:128 (M*, F; biol.), 388 (P*)
- Bohart
and Ingram 1946b:6 (M*, F, P*, L*)
- Darsie
1951:10 (P*).
Hopkins 1952:134 (L*; biol.)
- Knight
and Hull 1952:167 (M, F, L*)
- Carpenter
and LaCasse 1955:261 (M*, F*, L*)
- Horsfall
1955:476 (review).
Teesdale 1955:711 (biol.)
- Mattingly
1957b:392 (tax.,biol.)
- Craig
and Horsfall 1960:13 (E*)
- Christophers
1960:1 (biol., anat.).
- Mattingly,
Stone, and Knight 1962:208 (nomencl., tax.).
- Belkin,
Heinemann, and Page 1970:184 (M*, F*, P*, L*).
- Horsfall,
Voorhees, and Cupp 1970:1710 (E*).
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1964:246
(validation of name)
- McClelland
1971;1 (tax.)
- Matsuo,
Yoshida, and Kunou 1972:360 (E*).
- Harrison and Rattanarithikul 1973:280 (L*, first 3 instars)
- Hartberg
and Craig 1973:206 (genetic tax.).
- Matsuo, Yoshida and Lien 1974:180 (E*)
- Tanaka,
Saugstad and Mizusawa 1975:222 (distr.).
- Paterson, Green and Mahon 1976:252 (complex in Africa).
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