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Aedes aegypti CDC Gathany🦟

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SpeciesDipteraCulicidae
Arthropods

🦟Aedes aegypti

Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)

Az egyiptomi csípőszúnyog (Aedes aegypti) a rovarok (Insecta) osztályába, a kétszárnyúak (Diptera) rendjébe, a szúnyogalkatúak (Nematocera) alrendjébe tartozó faj.

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Also called
Dengue fever mosquito, Yellow fever mosquito
Conservation status
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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumArthropoda
  3. ›classInsecta
  4. ›orderDiptera
  5. ›familyCulicidae
  6. ›genusAedes
  7. ›speciesAedes aegypti
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  1. classInsects · Insecta
  2. orderFlies · Diptera
  3. tribeAedini
  4. subgenusStegomyia
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. subphylumHexapoda
  4. classInsects · Insecta
  5. subclassPterygota
  6. orderFlies · Diptera
  7. infraorderCulicomorpha
  8. superfamilyCulicoidea
  9. familyCulicidae
  10. tribeAedini
  11. subgenusStegomyia
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Ägyptische Tigermücke (de), Aedes aegypti (it), ネッタイシマカ (ja), Aedes aegypti (nb), Aedes aegypti (pt), ยุงลายบ้าน (th) … and 24 more languages
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