Species Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus in Hasselquist, 1762)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Culex aegypti Linnaeus, C. 1762. Zweyter Theil, enthält Beschreibungen verschiedener wichtiger Naturalien. pp. 267–606 in Hasselquist, F. Reise nach Palästina in den Jahren von 1749 bis 1752. Rostock, Germany : J.C. Koppe viii 606 pp. [470].

  Type data:

   Neotype BMNH ♀ adult (with associated larval and pupal exuviae on slide), Kuala Lumpur (Selangor), Malaya.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Mattingly, P.F., Stone, A. & Knight, K.L. 1962. Culex aegypti Linnaeus, 1762 (Insecta, Diptera): proposed validation and interpretation under the plenary powers of the species so named. Z.N. (S.) 1216. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 19: 208-219 [213].
• Culex fasciatus Fabricius, J.C. 1805. Systema antliatorum secundum ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Brunsvigae [= Brunswick] : Reichard xiv + 372 pp. Index, pp. 1–30. [Date published 31 December 1805] [36].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMUC ♂ adult, Antilles, West Indies (as Americae Insulis Mus. Dom. Lund).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Belkin, J.N. 1968. Mosquito studies (Diptera, Culicidae). IX. The type specimens of New World mosquitoes in European museums. Contributions of the American Entomological Society 3(4): 1-69 [5].

  Type locality references:

  Belkin, J.N. 1968. Mosquito studies (Diptera, Culicidae). IX. The type specimens of New World mosquitoes in European museums. Contributions of the American Entomological Society 3(4): 1-69 [5].
• Culex bancrofti Skuse, F.A.A. 1889. Diptera of Australia. Part V.—The Culicidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 3: 1717-1764 [1740] [originally described as Culex Bancrofti].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANIC(MMUS) ♂ adult (number of specimens not stated in original description), Brisbane, QLD.
• Stegomyia fasciata queenslandica Theobald, F.V. 1901. A Monograph of the Culicidae or Mosquitoes. Mainly compiled from the collections received at the British Museum from various parts of the world in connection with the investigation into the cause of malaria conducted by the Colonial Office and the Royal Society. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. I 424 pp. [297] [originally described as Stegomyia fasciata var. Queenslandensis].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♀ adult, Burpengary (as Bupengary), QLD.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Belkin, J.N. 1962. The Mosquitoes of the South Pacific (Diptera, Culicidae). Berkeley & Los Angeles, USA : Univ. Calif. Press Vol. 1. [441].
• Mimetomyia pulcherrima Taylor, F.H. 1919. Contributions to a knowledge of Australian Culicidae. No. iv. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 43: 826-843 [830].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ adult, Cairns, QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Lee, D.J., Hicks, M.M., Griffiths, M., Debenham, M.L., Bryan, J.H., Russell, R.C., Geary, M. & Marks, E.N. 1987. The Culicidae of the Australasian Region. Nomenclature, synonymy, literature, distribution, biology and relation to disease. Genus Aedes. Subgenera II. Scutomyia, Stegomyia, Verrallina. Commonwealth Department of Health, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Monograph Series. Entomology Monograph No. 2. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 4 324 pp. [14] (details of each taxonomic decision for synonymy)

 

Generic Combinations

• Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762). —
  Theobald, F.V. in Howard, L.O. 1901. Mosquitoes. How they live; how they carry disease; how they are classified; how they may be destroyed. New York : McClure, Phillips & Co. 241 pp. 50 figs. [235]
  Wilkerson, R.C., Linton, Y-M., Fonseca, D.M., Schultz, T.R., Price, D.C., & Strickman, D.A. 2015. Making mosquito taxonomy useful: a stable classification of tribe Aedini that balances utility with current knowledge of evolutionary relationships. PLoS ONE (Public Library of Science) 10(7): e0133602 [appendix S1]
• Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762). —
  Bryan, E.H. 1923. New records, identifications, and synonymy of Diptera found in Hawaii. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 5(2): 290-292 [291]
• Stegomyia (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linneaus, 1762). —
  Reinert, J.F., Harbach, R.E. & Kitching, I.J. 2004. Phylogeny and classification of Aedini (Diptera: Culicidae), based on morphological characters of all life stages. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 142: 289-368

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmotropical.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: pest, volant.

Larva: aquatic, detritivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Adult feeds readily on humans, birds, mice, guinea pigs, chickens, dogs and other warm-blooded animals; important domestic pest nuisance; experimental infection and possible secondary vector of Wuchereria bancrofti (filarisis); potential vector Murray Valley encephalitis, Dirofilaria immitis (canine heartworm) and arthropod host for other filarial worms; major vector of Dengue, Yellow Fever and Ross River viruses; susceptibilty to a large number of arboviruses through experimental inoculations; experimental vector of myxoma virus in rabbits; larva always closely associated with human habitation and found in axils of Alocasia macrorrhiza L. [Araceae], Crinum asiaticum L. (spider lily [Liliaceae]) and Bilbergia spp. [Bromeliaceae], tree cavities in Poinciana sp. [Caesalpiniaceae], flowering pineapples and Adansonia gregorii F.Muell. (Baobab tree [Bombacaceae]), ornamental plants (Dracaena sp. [Agavaceae]), hollow core of papaya trunks, cisterns, tree holes, coconut shells, cut bamboo, rot holes and artificial containers such as tins, tyres, drains, tanks, bottles and drums; for extensive biological information see Lee et al. (1987: 57).

 

General References

Lee, D.J., Hicks, M.M., Griffiths, M., Debenham, M.L., Bryan, J.H., Russell, R.C., Geary, M. & Marks, E.N. 1987. The Culicidae of the Australasian Region. Nomenclature, synonymy, literature, distribution, biology and relation to disease. Genus Aedes. Subgenera II. Scutomyia, Stegomyia, Verrallina. Commonwealth Department of Health, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Monograph Series. Entomology Monograph No. 2. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 4 324 pp. [14] (literature, distribution, biology)

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 (taxonomy)

Russell, R.C. 1993. Mosquitoes and Mosquito-borne Disease in Southeastern Australia. A guide to the biology, relation to disease, surveillance, control and the identification of mosquitoes in southeastern Australia. New South Wales : Published privately by Department of Medical Entomology, Westmead Hospital, Westmead 195 pp. [10.10] (biology)

 

Common Name References

Bancroft, T.L. 1908. List of the mosquitoes of Queensland, with the original descriptions and notes on the life-history of a number. Annals of the Queensland Museum 8: 1-64 [10] (as Stegomyia fasciata Fabricius) (Tiger Mosquito)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
21-Sep-2016	AEDINI	22-Jun-2016	MODIFIED
20-Sep-2011		20-Sep-2011	MOVED
20-Apr-2012		15-Jun-2011	MODIFIED
		18-Feb-2011	MODIFIED