Aedini

Aedini
Aedes aegypti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Subfamily: Culicinae
Tribe: Aedini
Neveu-Lemaire, 1902
Type genus
Aedes
Meigen, 1818
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Aedini is a mosquito tribe in the subfamily Culicinae. It is the main tribe of mosquitoes with 1256 species classified in 81 genera and two groups incertae sedis.

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References

  1. ^ Reinert, J. F. (2000). "New classification for the composite genus Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae: Aedini), elevation of subgenus Ochlerotatus to generic rank, reclassification of the other subgenera, and notes on certain subgenera and species" (PDF). Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 16 (3): 175–188. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  2. ^ Williston, Samuel Wendell (1896). "On the Diptera of St. Vincent (West Indies)". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1896: 253–446, pls. 8–14. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  • Huang, Y-M. & Rueda, L.M. 2015. A pictorial key to the species of the Aedes (Zavortinkius) in the Afrotropical Region (Diptera: Culicidae). Zootaxa 4027 (4): 593–599. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4027.4.9
  • Reinert, J.F.; Harbach, R.E.; Kitching, I.J. 2009: Phylogeny and classification of tribe Aedini (Diptera: Culicidae). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 157(4): 700-794. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00570.x
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