Aedes aegypti (yellow fever mosquito) English: Colour print of the yellow fever or dengue mosquito Aedes aegypti (then called Stegomyia fasciata, today also Stegomyia aegypti). To the left, the male, in the middle and on the right, the female. Above left, a flying pair in copula.
Deutsch: Farbdruck der Gelbfieber- oder Denguemücke Aedes aegypti (damals Stegomyia fasciata, heute auch Stegomyia aegypti). Links das Männchen, rechts davon Weibchen. Links oben ein fliegendes Pärchen in copula.
Date 1905
Source E. A. Goeldi (1905) Os Mosquitos no Pará. Memorias do Museu Goeldi. Pará, Brazil. Figures 3 (left) 1 (middle) and 2 (right) of Plate 1 in the Appendix.
Author Original by Emil August Goeldi (1859 - 1917).
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aedes_aegypti_E-A-Goeldi_1905.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