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Aedes Meigen, 1818
Taxonomic Serial No.: 126234

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):
	Common Name(s):	Pointy Mosquito [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2021

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Protostomia
	Superphylum	Ecdysozoa
	Phylum	Arthropoda – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods
	Subphylum	Hexapoda – hexapods
	Class	Insecta – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes
	Subclass	Pterygota – insects ailés, winged insects
	Infraclass	Neoptera – modern, wing-folding insects
	Superorder	Holometabola
	Order	Diptera – mosca, mosquito, gnats, mosquitoes, true flies
	Suborder	Nematocera – long-horned flies
	Infraorder	Culicomorpha
	Family	Culicidae Meigen, 1818 – mosquitoes, maringouins, moustiques
	Subfamily	Culicinae Meigen, 1818
	Tribe	Aedini Neveu-Lemaire, 1902
	Genus	Aedes Meigen, 1818 – Pointy Mosquito
		Direct Children:
	Species	Aedes daliensis (Taylor, 1916)
	Species	Aedes mallochi Taylor, 1944
	Subgenus	Aedes (Abraedes) Zavortink, 1970
	Subgenus	Aedes (Acartomyia) Theobald, 1903
	Subgenus	Aedes (Aedes) Meigen, 1818
	Subgenus	Aedes (Aedimorphus) Theobald, 1903
	Subgenus	Aedes (Alanstonea) Mattingly, 1960
	Subgenus	Aedes (Albuginosus) Reinert, 1987
	Subgenus	Aedes (Ayurakitia) Thurman, 1954
	Subgenus	Aedes (Aztecaedes) Zavortink, 1972
	Subgenus	Aedes (Belkinius) Reinert, 1982
	Subgenus	Aedes (Bifidistylus) Reinert, Harbach and Kitching, 2009
	Subgenus	Aedes (Borichinda) Harbach and Rattanarithikul, 2007
	Subgenus	Aedes (Bothaella) Reinert, 1973
	Subgenus	Aedes (Bruceharrisonius) Reinert, 2003
	Subgenus	Aedes (Cancraedes) Edwards, 1929
	Subgenus	Aedes (Catageomyia) Theobald, 1903
	Subgenus	Aedes (Catatassomyia) Dyar and Shannon, 1925
	Subgenus	Aedes (Christophersiomyia) Barraud, 1923
	Subgenus	Aedes (Coetzeemyia) Huang, Mathis and Wilkerson, 2010
	Subgenus	Aedes (Collessius) Reinert, Harbach and Kitching, 2006
	Subgenus	Aedes (Cornetius) Huang, 2005
	Subgenus	Aedes (Dahliana) Reinert, Harbach and Kitching, 2006
	Subgenus	Aedes (Danielsia) Theobald, 1904
	Subgenus	Aedes (Dendroskusea) Edwards, 1929
	Subgenus	Aedes (Diceromyia) Theobald, 1911
	Subgenus	Aedes (Dobrotworkyius) Reinert, Harbach and Kitching, 2006
	Subgenus	Aedes (Downsiomyia) Vargas, 1950
	Subgenus	Aedes (Edwardsaedes) Belkin, 1962
	Subgenus	Aedes (Elpeytonius) Reinert, Harbach and Kitching, 2009
	Subgenus	Aedes (Finlaya) Theobald, 1903
	Subgenus	Aedes (Fredwardsius) Reinert, 2000
	Subgenus	Aedes (Georgecraigius) Reinert, Harbach and Kitching, 2006
	Subgenus	Aedes (Geoskusea) Edwards, 1929
	Subgenus	Aedes (Gilesius) Reinert, Harbach and Kitching, 2006
	Subgenus	Aedes (Gymnometopa) Coquillett, 1906
	Subgenus	Aedes (Halaedes) Belkin, 1962
	Subgenus	Aedes (Himalaius) Reinert, Harbach and Kitching, 2006
	Subgenus	Aedes (Hopkinsius) Reinert, Harbach and Kitching, 2006
	Subgenus	Aedes (Howardina) Theobald, 1903
	Subgenus	Aedes (Huaedes) Huang, 1968
	Subgenus	Aedes (Hulecoeteomyia) Theobald, 1904
	Subgenus	Aedes (Indusius) Edwards in Barraud, 1934
	Subgenus	Aedes (Isoaedes) Reinert, 1979
	Subgenus	Aedes (Jarnellius) Reinert, Harbach and Kitching, 2006
	Subgenus	Aedes (Jihlienius) Reinert, Harbach and Kitching, 2006
	Subgenus	Aedes (Kenknightia) Reinert, 1990
	Subgenus	Aedes (Kompia) Aitken, 1941
	Subgenus	Aedes (Leptosomatomyia) Theobald, 1905
	Subgenus	Aedes (Levua) Stone and Bohart, 1944
	Subgenus	Aedes (Lewnielsenius) Reinert, Harbach and Kitching, 2006
	Subgenus	Aedes (Lorrainea) Belkin, 1962
	Subgenus	Aedes (Luius) Reinert, Harbach and Kitching, 2008
	Subgenus	Aedes (Macleaya) Theobald, 1903
	Subgenus	Aedes (Molpemyia) Theobald, 1910
	Subgenus	Aedes (Mucidus) Theobald, 1901
	Subgenus	Aedes (Neomelaniconion) Newstead, 1907
	Subgenus	Aedes (Nyctomyia) Harbach, 2013
	Subgenus	Aedes (Ochlerotatus) Lynch Arribálzaga, 1891
	Subgenus	Aedes (Paraedes) Edwards, 1934
	Subgenus	Aedes (Patmarksia) Reinert, Harbach and Kitching, 2006
	Subgenus	Aedes (Paulianius) Brunhes and Boussés, 2017
	Subgenus	Aedes (Petermattinglyius) Reinert, Harbach and Kitching, 2009
	Subgenus	Aedes (Phagomyia) Theobald, 1905
	Subgenus	Aedes (Polyleptiomyia) Theobald, 1905
	Subgenus	Aedes (Protomacleaya) Theobald, 1907
	Subgenus	Aedes (Pseudalbuginosus) Huang and Rueda, 2015
	Subgenus	Aedes (Pseudarmigeres) Stone and Knight, 1956
	Subgenus	Aedes (Pseudoskusea) Theobald, 1907
	Subgenus	Aedes (Rampamyia) Reinert, Harbach and Kitching, 2006
	Subgenus	Aedes (Reinertia) Somboon, Namgay and Harbach in Somboon, Phanitchakun, Saingamsook, Namgay and Harbach, 2021
	Subgenus	Aedes (Rhinoskusea) Edwards, 1929
	Subgenus	Aedes (Rusticoidus) Shevchenko and Prudkina, 1973
	Subgenus	Aedes (Sallumia) Reinert, Harbach and Kitching, 2008
	Subgenus	Aedes (Scutomyia) Theobald, 1904
	Subgenus	Aedes (Skusea) Theobald, 1903
	Subgenus	Aedes (Stegomyia) Theobald, 1901
	Subgenus	Aedes (Tanakaius) Reinert, Harbach and Kitching, 2004
	Subgenus	Aedes (Tewarius) Reinert, 2006
	Subgenus	Aedes (Vansomerenis) Reinert, Harbach and Kitching, 2006
	Subgenus	Aedes (Zavortinkius) Reinert, 1999

	Genus	Aedes Meigen, 1818 incertae sedis
		Children with Uncertain Position:
	Species	Aedes alticola Bonne-Wepster, 1948
	Species	Aedes auronitens Edwards, 1922
	Species	Aedes australiensis (Theobald, 1910)
	Species	Aedes biocellatus (Taylor, 1914)
	Species	Aedes britteni Marks and Hodgkin, 1958
	Species	Aedes candidoscutellum Marks, 1947
	Species	Aedes crossi Lien, 1967
	Species	Aedes eatoni (Edwards, 1916)
	Species	Aedes gracilelineatus Bonne-Wepster, 1937
	Species	Aedes keefei King and Hoogstraal, 1946
	Species	Aedes koreicoides Sasa, Kano and Hayashi, 1950
	Species	Aedes lauriei (Carter, 1920)
	Species	Aedes monocellatus Marks, 1948
	Species	Aedes oreophilus (Edwards, 1916)
	Species	Aedes peipingensis Feng, 1938
	Species	Aedes plagosus Marks, 1959
	Species	Aedes quasirubithorax (Theobald, 1910)
	Species	Aedes roai Belkin, 1962
	Species	Aedes rubiginosus Belkin, 1962
	Species	Aedes sintoni (Barraud, 1924)
	Species	Aedes stanleyi Peters, 1963
	Species	Aedes subauridorsum Marks, 1948
	Species	Aedes toxopeusi Bonne-Wepster, 1948
	Species	Aedes tsiliensis King and Hoogstraal, 1946
	Species	Aedes versicolor (Barraud, 1924)
	Species	Aedes wasselli Marks, 1947

References


	Expert(s):
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	Notes:
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	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Mosquito Taxonomic Inventory, 16 Jun 2021, website (version 16 Jun '21)
	Acquired:	2021
	Notes:	Harbach, R. E. 2021. Mosquito Taxonomic Inventory, http://mosquito-taxonomic-inventory.info/, accessed on 25 Jun 2021
	Reference for:	Aedes

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Aedes

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Wilkerson, Richard C., Yvonne-Marie Linton and Daniel Strickman
	Publication Date:	2021
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Mosquitoes of the World, vol. 1 and 2
	Page(s):	ix + 1308
	Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
	Publication Place:	Baltimore, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	9781421438146
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Aedes

Geographic Information


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Comments


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