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Culicidae > Culicinae > Aedini

Distribution
Afghanistan, Algeria, American Samoa, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Caicos Islands, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d‘Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djbouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Luxembourg, Libya, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mautritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Romania, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, St. Lucia, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands, Yemen, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe


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Synonyms
None

Bionomics
The genus Aedes is the dominant group of mosquitoes from the tropics to the arctic. (more...)

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 >> 		habitus image Representative species shown here:
Aedes vexans

Genus-specific Diagnostic Characters, Adult Stage:
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1. Postspiracular setae present,
2. Prespiracular setae absent,
3. Eyes narrowly separated above antennae OR
3a. Eyes touching above antenna,
4. Pulvilli absent,
5. Erect scales of head numerous on vertex and occiput OR
5a. Erect scales of head restricted to occiput only,
6. Dorsal (upper) surface of wing with narrow scales, but if broad, then not strongly asymmetrical.

Aedes (Kompia):
1. Postspiracular setae present,
2. Prespiracular setae absent,
3. Eyes narrowly separated above antennae,
4. Pulvilli absent,
7. Dorsocentral setae on mid-lateral areas of scutum present,
8. Antenna distinctly shorter than proboscis,
9. Lower mesepimeral setae absent,
10. Alula of wing with a fringe of projecting scales or setae,
11. Base of hindcoxa distinctly ventral to base of mesomeron.

Genus-specific Diagnostic Characters, Larval Stage >>