Aedes aegypti
mosquito species, a vector for diseases including yellow fever and Zika fever
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Summary
Aedes aegypti is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.27% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,030 views/month, #518 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: species[3]
- Parent taxon: Aedes[4]
- Taxon name: Aedes aegypti[5]
- Commons category: Aedes aegypti[6]
- Topic's main category: Category:Aedes aegypti[7]
- Commons gallery: Aedes aegypti[8]
- Short name: A. aegypti[9]
- Taxon common name: Gelbfiebermücke[10], Dengue fever mosquito[11], Yellow fever mosquito[12], Nyamuk Aedes[13], Nyamuk demam berdarah[14], Zanzara tigre egiziana[15], ネッタイシマカ (熱帯縞蚊)[16], mosquito-da-dengue[17], mosquito-da-febre-amarela[18], pernilongo-rajado[19], ยุงลายบ้าน[20], 埃及斑蚊[21], gulfebermygg[22], mosgito'r dwymyn felen[23]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Zika Corpus[24]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[25]
- Sequenced genome URL: https://www.dnazoo.org/assemblies/Aedes_aegypti[26], https://metazoa.ensembl.org/Aedes_aegypti_lvpagwg[27]
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Identifiers
Aedes aegypti's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 155453[28]. Aedes aegypti's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7159[29]. Aedes aegypti's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 740699[30]. Aedes aegypti's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1651891[31]. Aedes aegypti's ITIS TSN is recorded as 126240[32].
Why It Matters
Aedes aegypti has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]