Aedes albopictus
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Culicidae
- Genus: Aedes
- Species: Aedes albopictus
Visual Description
Aedes albopictus, commonly known as the tiger mosquito, is characterized by a distinct black and white pattern on its body and legs. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal a prominent white stripe running longitudinally along the dorsal surface of the thorax, a key diagnostic feature of the species.[1] The legs exhibit conspicuous white banding at the joints, contributing to its "tiger" appearance.[1]
Biology and Ecology
Aedes albopictus (also known as Stegomyia albopicta) is a significant vector for several arboviruses, including dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever, and Zika.[2] The species has expanded globally from its native Asian range, a process facilitated by its shift to anthropophily and its adaptation to breeding in artificial containers within domestic or peridomestic environments.
The species exhibits notable ecological plasticity, including the ability of its eggs to undergo diapause, which allows the population to survive in cooler climates. Its dispersal is largely driven by human movement and climate suitability, with expansion occurring primarily along the fringes of its established distribution through short-range importation between adjacent areas.
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Culicidae / Aedes / albopictus constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Moritz U. G. Kraemer; Robert C. Reiner; Oliver J. Brady; Jane P. Messina; Marius Gilbert; David M. Pigott; Dingdong Yi; Kimberly B. Johnson; Lucas Earl; Laurie B. Marczak; Shreya Shirude; Nicole Davis Weaver; Donal Bisanzio; T. Alex Perkins; Shengjie Lai; Xin Lü; Peter B. Jones; Giovanini Evelim Coelho; Roberta Gomes Carvalho; Wim Van Bortel; Cedric Marsboom; Guy Hendrickx; Francis Schaffner; Chester G. Moore; Heinrich H. Nax; Linus Bengtsson; Erik Wetter; Andrew J. Tatem; John S. Brownstein; David L. Smith; Louis Lambrechts; Simon Cauchemez; Catherine Linard; Nuno R. Faria; Oliver G. Pybus; Thomas W. Scott; Qiyong Liu; Hongjie Yu; William Wint; Simon I Hay; Nick Golding. Past and future spread of the arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. Nature Microbiology. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-019-0376-y.