Aedes aegypti
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Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Arthropoda • Classis: Insecta • Ordo: Diptera • Subordo: Nematocera • Infraordo: Culicomorpha • Superfamilia: Culicoidea • Familia: Culicidae • Subfamilia: Culicinae • Tribus: Aedini • Genus: Aedes • Subgenus: Stegomyia • Species: Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus. 1762)
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English: Aedes aegypti (recently also classified as Stegomyia aegypti) is a mosquito, noted for being the main vector for the yellow fever virus.
日本語: ネッタイシマカ (熱帯縞蚊)
 Aedes aegypti, a male on the left, females to the right of it |
 Aedes aegypti biting a human |
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 Aedes aegypti - note the typical marking on the thorax, which has the form of a lyre. |
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 Searching for Aedes aegypti larvae. |
 An ovitrap used to monitor the presence of the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus in the Swiss canton of Ticino. Ovitraps like this are also used to monitor the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti. |
