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Aedes bahamensis

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Species of mosquito.

Aedes bahamensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Aedes
Subgenus: Howardina
Species: A. bahamensis
Binomial name
Aedes bahamensis
Berlin, 1969

Aedes bahamensis, also known as Howardina bahamensis, is a mosquito native to the Caribbean and Bahamas, which was first discovered in two counties of southern Florida in 1986. The females of the species do not require a blood meal to produce eggs, although they will bite if starved of nectar or in order to produce a second brood. They are thought to be capable of transmitting St. Louis encephalitis.

References

  1. "Systematic Catalog of Culicidae". Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  2. Aedes (Howardina) bahamensis in the United States. Pafume, B A, et al. J. of the American Mosquito Control Assoc. Vol 4 No 3 Pg 380
  3. "Blood Feeding and Autogeny in the Peridomestic Mosquito Aedes bahamensis (Diptera: Culicidae) - Journal of Medical Entomology". Archived from the original on 1 March 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  4. García-Rejón, JE; López-Uribe, MP; Loroño-Pino, MA; Arana-Guardia, R; Puc-Tinal, M; López-Uribe, GM; Coba-Tún, C; Baak-Baak, CM; Machain-Williams, C; Reyes-Solis, GC; Lozano-Fuentes, S; Saavedra-Rodriguez, K; Black, WC; Beaty, BJ; Eisen, L (2012). "Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti and Aedes (Howardina) cozumelensis in Yucatán State, México, with a summary of published collection records for Ae. cozumelensis". Journal of Vector Ecology. 37 (2): 365–72. doi:10.1111/j.1948-7134.2012.00240.x. PMC 3727279. PMID 23181861.
  5. Shroyer DA (1991). "Preliminary studies of Aedes bahamensis as a host and potential vector of St. Louis encephalitis virus". J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 7 (1): 63–5. PMID 2045810.
Taxon identifiers
Aedes bahamensis


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