Aedini is a mosquito tribe in the subfamily
Culicinae
The Culicinae are the most extensive subfamily of mosquitoes (Culicidae) and have species in every continent except Antarctica, but are highly concentrated in tropical areas. Mosquitoes are best known as parasites to many vertebrate animals and ...
. It is the main tribe of mosquitoes with 1256 species classified in 81 genera and two groups ''incertae sedis''.
Genera
*Genus ''
Abraedes''
*Genus ''
Aedes
''Aedes'' is a genus of mosquitoes originally found in tropical and subtropical zones, but now found on all continents except perhaps Antarctica. Some species have been spread by human activity: ''Aedes albopictus'', a particularly invasive spe ...
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*Genus ''
Alanstonea''
*Genus ''
Albuginosus''
*Genus ''
Armigeres''
**Subgenus ''
Armigeres''
**Subgenus ''
Leicesteria''
*Genus ''
Ayurakitia''
*Genus ''
Aztecaedes''
*Genus ''
Belkinius''
*Genus ''
Borichinda''
*Genus ''
Bothaella''
*Genus ''
Bruceharrisonius''
*Genus ''
Christophersiomyia''
*Genus ''
Collessius''
**Subgenus ''
Alloeomyia''
**Subgenus ''
Collessius''
*Genus ''
Dahliana''
*Genus ''
Danielsia''
*Genus ''
Diceromyia''
*Genus ''
Dobrotworskyius''
*Genus ''
Downsiomyia''
*Genus ''
Edwardsaedes''
*Genus ''
Eretmapodites''
*Genus ''
Finlaya''
*Genus ''
Fredwardsius''
*Genus ''
Georgecraigius''
**Subgenus ''
Georgecraigius''
**Subgenus ''
Horsfallius''
*Genus ''
Gilesius''
*Genus ''
Gymnometopa''
*Genus ''
Haemagogus
''Haemagogus'' is a genus of mosquitoes in the dipteran family Culicidae. They mainly occur in Central America and northern South America (including Trinidad), although some species inhabit forested areas of Brazil, and range as far as northern A ...
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**Subgenus ''
Conopostegus''
**Subgenus ''
Haemagogus
''Haemagogus'' is a genus of mosquitoes in the dipteran family Culicidae. They mainly occur in Central America and northern South America (including Trinidad), although some species inhabit forested areas of Brazil, and range as far as northern A ...
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*Genus ''
Halaedes''
*Genus ''
Heizmannia''
**Subgenus ''
Heizmannia''
**Subgenus ''
Mattinglyia''
*Genus ''
Himalaius''
*Genus ''
Hopkinsius''
**Subgenus ''
Hopkinsius''
**Subgenus ''
Yamada
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*Genus ''
Howardina''
*Genus ''
Huaedes''
*Genus ''
Hulecoeteomyia''
*Genus ''
Indusius''
*Genus ''
Isoaedes''
*Genus ''
Jarnellius''
**Subgenus ''
Jarnellius''
**Subgenus ''
Lewnielsenius''
*Genus ''
Jihlienius''
*Genus ''
Kenknightia''
*Genus ''
Kompia''
*Genus ''
Leptosomatomyia''
*Genus ''
Lorrainea''
*Genus ''
Luius''
*Genus ''
Macleaya
''Macleaya'', or plume poppy, is a genus of two or three species of flowering plants in the poppy family Papaveraceae, native to Japan (''Macleaya cordata'') and China (''Macleaya miclocarpa''). They are large rhizomatous herbaceous perenn ...
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**Subgenus ''
Chaetocruiomyia''
**Subgenus ''
Macleaya
''Macleaya'', or plume poppy, is a genus of two or three species of flowering plants in the poppy family Papaveraceae, native to Japan (''Macleaya cordata'') and China (''Macleaya miclocarpa''). They are large rhizomatous herbaceous perenn ...
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*Genus ''
Molpemyia''
*Genus ''
Mucidus''
**Subgenus ''
Mucidus''
**Subgenus ''
Lewnielsenius''
*Genus ''
Neomelaniconion''
*Genus ''
Ochlerotatus''
**Subgenus ''
Acartomyia''
**Subgenus ''
Buvirilia''
**Subgenus ''
Chrysoconops''
**Subgenus ''
Culicelsa''
**Subgenus ''
Empihals''
**Subgenus ''
Geoskusea''
**Subgenus ''
Gilesia
''Gilesia'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae. It is also in the Byttnerioideae subfamily and it only contains one species, ''Gilesia biniflora'' F.Muell. It is commonly known as the 'western tar-vine'. ...
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**Subgenus ''
Levua''
**Subgenus ''
Ochlerotatus''
**Subgenus ''
Pholeomyia
''Pholeomyia'' is a genus of freeloader flies in the family Milichiidae. There are more than 30 described species in ''Pholeomyia''.
Species
These 39 species belong to the genus ''Pholeomyia'':
* ''Pholeomyia aequatoralis'' Seguy, 1934
* ''Phole ...
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**Subgenus ''
Protoculex''
**Subgenus ''
Pseudoskusea''
**Subgenus ''
Rhinoskusea''
**Subgenus ''
Rusticoidus''
**Subgenus ''
Sallumia''
*Genus ''
Opifex''
**Subgenus ''
Nothoskusea''
**Subgenus ''
Opifex''
*Genus ''
Paraedes''
*Genus ''
Patmarksia''
*Genus ''
Phagomyia''
*Genus ''
Pseudarmigeres''
*Genus ''
Psorophora''
**Subgenus ''
Grabhamia''
**Subgenus ''
Janthinosoma''
**Subgenus ''
Psorophora''
*Genus ''
Rampamyia''
*Genus ''
Scutomyia
''Scutomyia'' is a subgenus of ''Aedes''.
Species
*''Aedes albolineatus''
*''Aedes arboricolus''
*''Aedes bambusicolus''
*''Aedes boharti''
*''Aedes hoogstraali''
*''Aedes impatibilis''
*''Aedes laffooni''
*''Aedes platylepidus''
*''A ...
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*Genus ''
Skusea
''Skusea'' is a mosquito genus (or a subgenus of '' Aedes'') in the family Culicidae
Mosquitoes (or mosquitos) are members of a group of almost 3,600 species of small flies within the family Culicidae (from the Latin ''culex'' meaning "gnat ...
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*Genus ''
Stegomyia
''Stegomyia'' is a large subgenus of the mosquito genus ''Aedes'' with 131 species classified in six species groups (group uncertain for one species), two groups of which are further divided into subgroups.
Bionomics and disease relations
The ...
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*Genus ''
Tanakaius''
*Genus ''
Tewarius''
*Genus ''
Udaya''
*Genus ''
Vansomerenis''
*Genus ''
Verrallina''
**Subgenus ''
Harbachius''
**Subgenus ''
Neomacleaya''
**Subgenus ''
Verrallina''
*Genus ''
Zavortinkius''
*Genus ''
Zeugnomyia''
See also
*
List of mosquito genera
There are 112 genera of mosquitoes, containing approximately 3,500 species.Elbers ARW, Koenraadt CJM, and Meiswinkel R (2015) Mosquitoes and Culicoides biting midges: vector range and the influence of climate change. Rev Sci Tech 34: 123–137
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References
* 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.
* 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.
External links
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Aedini at the Mosquito Taxonomic Inventory(retrieved 26 March 2016)
Nematocera tribes
Taxa named by Maurice Neveu-Lemaire
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