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Asian tiger mosquito

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Asian tiger mosquito
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Asian tiger mosquito

Summary

Asian tiger mosquito is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.48% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,299 views/month, #942 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Asian tiger mosquito's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Asian tiger mosquito is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Asian tiger mosquito is classified within Aedes[5].
  • Asian tiger mosquito belongs to the parent taxon Aedes (Stegomyia)[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Asian tiger mosquito is Aedes albopictus[7].
  • Asian tiger mosquito's Commons category is recorded as Aedes albopictus[8].
  • Asian tiger mosquito's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Aedes albopictus[9].
  • Asian tiger mosquito's Commons gallery is recorded as Aedes albopictus[10].
  • Asian tiger mosquito's original combination is recorded as Culex albopictus[11].
  • Asian tiger mosquito's taxon synonym is recorded as Stegomyia albopicta[12].
  • Asian tiger mosquito's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'A. albopictus'}[13].
  • Asian tiger mosquito is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Asian Tiger Mosquito'}[14].
  • Asian tiger mosquito is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-tw', 'text': '白線斑蚊'}[15].
  • Asian tiger mosquito is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'mosquitu tigre'}[16].
  • Asian tiger mosquito is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'azijski tigrasti komar'}[17].
  • Asian tiger mosquito's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Zika Corpus[18].
  • Asian tiger mosquito's invasive to is recorded as Tuvalu[19].
  • Asian tiger mosquito's invasive to is recorded as Barcelona[20].
  • Asian tiger mosquito's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[21].
  • Asian tiger mosquito's sequenced genome URL is recorded as https://metazoa.ensembl.org/Aedes_albopictus[22].

Body

Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Asian tiger mosquito is Aedes albopictus[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Aedes[5] and Aedes (Stegomyia)[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Asian Tiger Mosquito'}[14], {'lang': 'zh-tw', 'text': '白線斑蚊'}[15], {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'mosquitu tigre'}[16], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'azijski tigrasti komar'}[17].

Identifiers

Asian tiger mosquito's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 62984[23]. Asian tiger mosquito's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7160[24]. Asian tiger mosquito's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 764100[25]. Asian tiger mosquito's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1651430[26]. Asian tiger mosquito's ITIS TSN is recorded as 126244[27].

Why It Matters

Asian tiger mosquito ranks in the top 0.48% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,299 views/month, #942 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Tuvalu

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [24] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [27] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [26] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . BugGuide. wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . Host-feeding patterns of native Culex pipiens and invasive Aedes albopictus mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in urban zones from Barcelona, Spain. wikidata.org.
  24. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [22] ↑ . Ensembl Genomes. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon synonym → Stegomyia albopicta
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject Zika Corpus
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Original combination → Culex albopictus
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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