List of Aedes species
The mosquito genus Aedes includes the following species. Where known, the listings indicate whether the species bites humans, and any pathogens that the species is known to carry.
names [1]
- Aedes australis
- Aedes aboriginis - northwest coast mosquito
- Bites man
- Aedes aegypti - yellow fever mosquito
- Bites man, carries chikungunya, dengue fever, heartworm, Murray Valley encephalitis, Ross River virus, West Nile virus, Yellow Fever, Zika virus
- Aedes africanus
- Aedes albolineatus
- Aedes alboniveus
- Aedes albopictus - Asian tiger mosquito
- Bites man, carries Cache Valley virus, chikungunya, dengue fever, Eastern equine encephalitis, West Nile virus, Yellow Fever, Zika virus
- Aedes albolineatus
- Aedes alboscutellatus
- Aedes aloponotum
- Aedes amesii
- Aedes annulipes
- Aedes arboricola
- Aedes argenteoventralis
- Aedes atlanticus
- Carries Keystone virus, West Nile virus
- Aedes atropalpus also spelled Aedes atropalpos
- Bites man, carries La Crosse virus, Plasmodium gallinaceum, St. Louis encephalitis, West Nile virus
- Aedes aurifer
- Bites man
- Aedes aurimargo
- Aedes aurotaeniatus
- Aedes axitiosus
- Aedes bahamensis
- Aedes barraudi
- Aedes bekkui
- Aedes bicristatus
- Bites man
- Aedes bimaculatus
- Bites man
- Aedes brelandi
- Carries dengue fever
- Aedes brevitibia
- Aedes burgeri
- Aedes cacozelus
- Aedes cantans
- Aedes cantator - brown saltmarsh mosquito
- Bites man, carries Eastern equine encephalitis, Jamestown Canyon virus, West Nile virus
- Aedes caspius
- Aedes cataphylla - woodland floodwater mosquito
- Carries heartworm, Jamestown Canyon virus
- Aedes cavaticus
- Aedes cinereus
- Aedes clivis
- Bites man
- Aedes cordellieri
- Aedes coulangesi
- Aedes cretinus
- Bites man
- Aedes dasyorrhus
- Aedes deserticola - western treehole mosquito
- Bites man
- Aedes desmotes
- Aedes domesticus
- Aedes dupreei
- Carries West Nile virus
- Aedes eldridgei
- Aedes epactius
- Carries St. Louis encephalitis
- Aedes esoensis
- Aedes fulvus
- Bites man, carries Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus, West Nile virus
- Aedes furcifer
- Aedes futunae
- Aedes ganapathi
- Aedes geminus
- Aedes gombakensis
- Aedes grassei
- Aedes grossbecki
- Bites man, carries West Nile virus
- Aedes harinasutai
- Aedes helenae
- Aedes hensilli
- Bites man, carries Zika virus
- Aedes hesperonotius
- Carries heartworm, La Crosse virus, Plasmodium gallinaceum
- Aedes hoogstraali
- Aedes horotoi
- Aedes imprimens
- Aedes inermis
- Aedes infirmatus
- Bites man, carries California encephalitis virus, Keystone virus, trivittatus virus, West Nile virus, Western equine encephalitis
- Aedes intrudens
- Bites man, carries Jamestown Canyon virus
- Aedes japonicus [2]
- Aedes kochi
- Aedes kompi
- Aedes koreicus
- Aedes lineatopennis
- Aedes luteocephalus
- Aedes madagascarensis
- Aedes malayensis
- Aedes marshallii
- Aedes masculinus
- Aedes mediolineatus
- Aedes mediovittatus
- Aedes mefouensis
- Aedes melanimon
- Bites man, carries California encephalitis virus, West Nile virus, Western equine encephalitis
- Aedes meronephada
- Aedes michaelikati
- Aedes mitchellae
- Carries Eastern equine encephalitis, Tensaw virus
- Aedes mohani
- Aedes monticola - western treehole mosquito
- Aedes muelleri
- Aedes nevadensis
- Aedes ngong
- Aedes niphadopsis
- Aedes niveus
- Aedes nummatus
- Aedes ostentatio
- Aedes palpalis
- Aedes pembaensis
- Aedes pexus
- Aedes polynesiensis
- Bites man, carries Wuchereria bancrofti, dengue fever
- Aedes pseudoniveus
- Aedes pseudonummatus
- Aedes pulchritarsis
- Aedes pullatus
- Aedes pulverulentus
- Aedes punctodes
- Aedes purpureipes
- Aedes purpureifemur
- Aedes rempeli
- Aedes rusticus
- Aedes scapularis
- Aedes schizopinax
- Aedes scutellaris
- Aedes sollicitans
- Carries West Nile virus
- Aedes spilotus
- Aedes squamiger
- Carries West Nile virus
- Aedes stricklandi
- Aedes sylvaticus
- Aedes taeniorhynchus
- Carries West Nile virus
- Aedes taylori
- Aedes thelcter
- Aedes thibaulti
- Aedes thomsoni
- Aedes tiptoni
- Aedes togoi
- Aedes tormentor
- Aedes tortilis
- Aedes turneri
- Aedes varipalpus
- Aedes ventrovittis
- Aedes vexans
- Carries West Nile virus, heartworm
- Aedes vigilax known after the year 2000 as Ochlerotatus vigilax[3]
- Carries Ross River virus
- Aedes vittatus
- Aedes washinoi
- Aedes wauensis
- Aedes zoosophus
References
- ^ Harbach, Ralph. "Mosquito Taxonomic Inventory" (PDF). Mosquito Taxonomy Inventory. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ^ http://www.thenational.ae/news/world/bites-of-passage
- ^ "Aedes vigilax". NSW Arbovirus Surveillance & Vector Monitoring Program. The New South Wales Arbovirus Surveillance and Mosquito Monitoring Program. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
Note that 'Ochlerotatus vigilax' prior to 2000, was known as 'Aedes vigilax'