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Aedes
Aedes (also known as the tiger mosquito or colloquially "dengue mosquito") is a genus of mosquitoes originally found in tropical and subtropical zones, but now found on all continents except Antarctica. Some species have been spread by human activity: Aedes albopictus, a particularly invasive species native to Southeast Asia, was spread to the Americas, including the United States, in the 1980s, by the used-tire trade.
It was first described and named by German entomologist Johann Wilhelm Meigen in 1818; the generic name comes from Ancient Greek ἀηδής (aēdēs), meaning 'unpleasant' or 'odious'. The type species for Aedes is Aedes cinereus.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Stegomyia
subgenusStegomyia
Ochlerotatus
subgenusOchlerotatus
Aedimorphus
subgenusAedimorphus
Hulecoeteomyia
subgenusHulecoeteomyia
Striped Mosquito
speciesAedes notoscriptus
Protomacleaya
subgenusProtomacleaya
Dahliana
subgenusDahliana
Dobrotworskyius
subgenusDobrotworskyius
Jarnellius
subgenusJarnellius
Mucidus
subgenusMucidus
Georgecraigius
subgenusGeorgecraigius
Minute Floodwater Mosquito
speciesAedes cinereus
Aedes multiplex
speciesAedes multiplex
Aedes kochi
speciesAedes kochi
Aedes procax
speciesAedes procax
Aedes gahnicola
speciesAedes gahnicola
Brown Saltmarsh Mosquito
speciesAedes cantator
Howardina
subgenusHowardina
Provoking Mosquito
speciesAedes provocans
Neomelaniconion
subgenusNeomelaniconion
Aedes tremulus
speciesAedes tremulus
Aedes palmarum
speciesAedes palmarum
Finlaya
subgenusFinlaya
Tanakaius
subgenusTanakaius
Aedes sagax
speciesAedes sagax
Aedes flavifrons
speciesAedes flavifrons
Aedes increpitus
speciesAedes increpitus
Aedes katherinensis
speciesAedes katherinensis
Molpemyia
subgenusMolpemyia
Aedes normanensis
speciesAedes normanensis
Aedes elchoensis
speciesAedes elchoensis
Aedes australis
speciesAedes australis
Fredwardsius
subgenusFredwardsius
Downsiomyia
subgenusDownsiomyia
Aedes implicatus
speciesAedes implicatus
Aedes imperfectus
speciesAedes imperfectus
Kompia
subgenusKompia
Aedes subalbirostris
speciesAedes subalbirostris
Aedes eidsvoldensis
speciesAedes eidsvoldensis
Aedes sibiricus
speciesAedes sibiricus
Aedes mariae
speciesAedes mariae
Aedes wattensis
speciesAedes wattensis
Lewnielsenius
subgenusLewnielsenius
Aedes niveus
speciesAedes niveus
Aedes crinifer
speciesAedes crinifer
Aedes theobaldi
speciesAedes theobaldi
Aedes bancroftianus
speciesAedes bancroftianus
Well-shaped Mosquito
speciesAedes euedes
Aedes calabyi
speciesAedes calabyi
Aedes andersoni
speciesAedes andersoni
Aedes ventrovittis
speciesAedes ventrovittis
Aedes diantaeus
speciesAedes diantaeus
Aedes phaecasiatus
speciesAedes phaecasiatus
Riparian Mosquito
speciesAedes riparius
Aedes poicilius
speciesAedes poicilius
Edwardsaedes
subgenusEdwardsaedes
Aedes milleri
speciesAedes milleri
Aedes clelandi
speciesAedes clelandi
Gymnometopa
subgenusGymnometopa
Aedes mallochi
speciesAedes mallochi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 62989.