Stegomyia fasciata = Aedes aegypti (yellow fever mosquito) Stegomyia fasciata
Date 1915
Source Elementary textbook of economic zoology and entomology https://archive.org/details/elementarytextbo00kelliala/page/374/mode/1up
Author Vernon L. Kellogg (Vernon Lyman Kellogg), 1867-1937; Rennie Wilbur Doane, 1871-1942
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stegomyia_fasciata.jpg
*** Stegomyia fasciata = Aedes aegypti (yellow fever mosquito) ***
The yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti) is a mosquito that can spread dengue fever, chikungunya, Zika fever, Mayaro and yellow fever viruses, and other disease agents. The yellow fever mosquito can be recognized by black and white markings on its legs and a marking in the form of a lyre on the upper surface of its thorax. This mosquito originated in Africa, but is now found in tropical, subtropical and temperate regions throughout the world.
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Aedes
Subgenus: Stegomyia
Species: Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus in Hasselquist, 1762)
Synonyms
- Culex aegypti Linnaeus in Hasselquist, 1762
- Culex fasciatus Fabricius, 1805
- Culex bancrofti Skuse, 1889
