Aedes aegypti (yellow fever mosquito) Aedes aegypti, illustration of resting female
Afrikaans: Kleurafdruk van 'n rustende wyfie van die geelkoorsmuskiet, Aedes aegypti
English: Detail from a colour print of the yellow fever or dengue mosquito Aedes aegypti (then called Stegomyia fasciata, today also Stegomyia aegypti): a resting female.
Deutsch: Detail eines Farbdruckes der Gelbfieber- oder Denguemücke Aedes aegypti (damals Stegomyia fasciata, heute auch Stegomyia aegypti): Ruheposition eines Weibchens
Date 31 July 2012
Source E. A. Goeldi (1905) Os Mosquitos no Pará. Memorias do Museu Goeldi. Pará, Brazil., Figure 2 from Plate 1 in the Appendix
Author Detail from the original by Emil August Goeldi (1859 - 1917)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aedes_aegypti_resting_position_E-A-Goeldi_1905.jpg
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
