Aedes niveus

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Aedes niveus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Aedes
Subgenus: Downsiomyia
Species:
A. niveus
Binomial name
Aedes niveus
(Ludlow, 1903)
Synonyms [1] [2]
  • Downsiomyia nivea(Ludlow, 1903)
  • Stegomyia niveusLudlow, 1903

Aedes (Downsiomyia) niveus is the nominotypical species [2] of a species complex of zoophilic mosquito belonging to the genus Aedes . It is found in Sri Lanka, [3] India, Vietnam and other South East Asian countries. [2] It is a vector of filariasis. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Aedes niveus (Ludlow, 1903)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (2021). "Aedes niveus species page". Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  3. ↑ Jayasekera, Nalini; Chelliah, Robert V. (1981). "An annotated checklist of mosquitoes of Sri Lanka" (PDF). UNESCO: Man and the Biosphere National Committee for Sri Lanka Publication No. 8. National Science Council of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  4. ↑ Das, M.K.; Adak, T.; Subbarao, S.K. (2004). "Chromosomal studies in Aedes (Finlaya) niveus, a vector for filariasis". Current Science. 87 (9): 1179–1180. JSTOR   24109428.


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