Aedes

Author

• Meigen
• 1818:13
• Type Species: Aedes cinereus

Distribution

• Worldwide distribution, known from all faunal regions.
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Synonyms

• None

Bionomics

• Not yet available

Medical Importance

• Aedes includes species which transmit yellow fever, dengue, and other arboviruses. A few species also transmit the helminths that cause Brugian and Bancroftian filariasis. (more...)

Important References

• See WRBU's Mosquito Catalog

Genus-specific Diagnostic Characters, Adult Stage:

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• • 1. Prespiracular setae (PsS) absent
  • 2. Postspiracular setae (PS) nearly always present
  • 3. Mesopostnotal setae (MpnS) usually absent
  • 4. Base of hindcoxa (C-III) usually below base of mesomeron (Msm)
  • 5. Wing remigial setae (ReS) absent
  • 6. Abdomen apex usually, but not always, more or less pointed in females

Culicidae » Culicinae » Aedini

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• Representative species shown here:
• Aedes vexans

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