Species
Aedes sierrensis (Western treehole mosquito)
Aedes sierrensis. Photo: (c) Sean McCann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
Aedes is a genus of mosquitoes originally found in tropical and subtropical zones, but now found on all continents except Antarctica. Some species have been spread by human activity. Aedes albopictus, a most invasive species, was recently spread to the New World, including the United States, by the used-tire trade. First described and named by German entomologist Johann Wilhelm Meigen in 1818, the generic name comes from the Ancient Greek ἀηδής, aēdēs, meaning “unpleasant” or “odious”….
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Order: Diptera (Flies)
- Suborder: Nematocera (Nematoceran flies)
- Infraorder: Culicomorpha (Mosquitoes and midges)
- Superfamily: Culicoidea
- Family: Culicidae (Mosquitoes)
- Subfamily: Culicinae (Culicine mosquitoes)
- Tribe: Aedini
- Genus: Aedes
- Subgenus: Jarnellius
- Species: Aedes sierrensis (Western treehole mosquito)
- Subgenus: Jarnellius
- Genus: Aedes
- Tribe: Aedini
- Subfamily: Culicinae (Culicine mosquitoes)
- Family: Culicidae (Mosquitoes)
- Superfamily: Culicoidea
- Infraorder: Culicomorpha (Mosquitoes and midges)
- Suborder: Nematocera (Nematoceran flies)
- Order: Diptera (Flies)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)




