🦟Aedes aegypti
Aedes aegypti – sometimes called the Egyptian mosquito, dengue mosquito, or yellow fever mosquito – is a mosquito that spreads diseases such as dengue fever, yellow fever, and chikungunya. The 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. The mosquito is native to north Africa, but is now a common invasive species that has spread to tropical, subtropical, and temperate regions throughout the world.
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- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumArthropoda
- ›classInsecta
- ›orderDiptera
- ›familyCulicidae
- ›genusAedes
- ›speciesAedes aegypti
- classInsects · Insecta
- orderFlies · Diptera
- tribeAedini
- subgenusStegomyia
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsects · Insecta
- subclassPterygota
- orderFlies · Diptera
- infraorderCulicomorpha
- superfamilyCulicoidea
- familyCulicidae
- tribeAedini
- subgenusStegomyia
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