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SpeciesDipteraCulicidae
Arthropods

🦟Aedes aegypti

Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)

埃及伊蚊（學名：Aedes aegypti，英語：yellow fever mosquito），台湾稱埃及斑蚊，是一種會傳播登革熱、屈公熱、茲卡熱、黃熱病與其他疾病的蚊子。此蚊可藉由腿部的白色標記與胸節上表面的里拉琴形狀來辨識。埃及斑蚊起源於非洲，但如今則可在全球熱帶與亞熱帶區域發現到。雌蚊的平均翅膀長度變化很大（棲息於秘魯的族群長度為1.67–3.83厘米）。

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Dengue fever mosquito, Yellow fever mosquito
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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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