Aedes aegypti

mosquito species, a vector for diseases including yellow fever and Zika fever
Taxon taxon Q1148004
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Aedes aegypti

Summary

Aedes aegypti is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.27% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,373 views/month, #518 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Aedes aegypti's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Aedes aegypti is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Aedes aegypti is classified within Aedes[5].
  • Aedes aegypti's scientific name is Aedes aegypti[6].
  • Aedes aegypti's Commons category is recorded as Aedes aegypti[7].
  • Aedes aegypti's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Aedes aegypti[8].
  • Aedes aegypti's Commons gallery is recorded as Aedes aegypti[9].
  • Aedes aegypti's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'A. aegypti'}[10].
  • Aedes aegypti is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Gelbfiebermücke'}[11].
  • Aedes aegypti is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Dengue fever mosquito'}[12].
  • Aedes aegypti is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Yellow fever mosquito'}[13].
  • Aedes aegypti is commonly known as {'lang': 'id', 'text': 'Nyamuk Aedes'}[14].
  • Aedes aegypti is commonly known as {'lang': 'id', 'text': 'Nyamuk demam berdarah'}[15].
  • Aedes aegypti is commonly known as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Zanzara tigre egiziana'}[16].
  • Aedes aegypti is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ネッタイシマカ (熱帯縞蚊)'}[17].
  • Aedes aegypti is commonly known as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'mosquito-da-dengue'}[18].
  • Aedes aegypti is commonly known as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'mosquito-da-febre-amarela'}[19].
  • Aedes aegypti is commonly known as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'pernilongo-rajado'}[20].
  • Aedes aegypti is commonly known as {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'ยุงลายบ้าน'}[21].
  • Aedes aegypti is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-tw', 'text': '埃及斑蚊'}[22].
  • Aedes aegypti is commonly known as {'lang': 'nn', 'text': 'gulfebermygg'}[23].
  • Aedes aegypti is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'gulfebermygg'}[24].
  • Aedes aegypti is commonly known as {'lang': 'cy', 'text': "mosgito'r dwymyn felen"}[25].
  • Aedes aegypti is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'egiptovski tigrasti komar'}[26].
  • Aedes aegypti's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Zika Corpus[27].

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Classification

Aedes aegypti's scientific name is Aedes aegypti[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Aedes[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Gelbfiebermücke'}[11], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Dengue fever mosquito'}[12], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Yellow fever mosquito'}[13], {'lang': 'id', 'text': 'Nyamuk Aedes'}[14], {'lang': 'id', 'text': 'Nyamuk demam berdarah'}[15], and {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Zanzara tigre egiziana'}[16].

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 ranks in the top 0.27% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,373 views/month, #518 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

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  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] . wikidata.org.
  30. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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