Aedes cordellieri

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Aedes cordellieri
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Aedes
Species:
A. cordellieri
Binomial name
Aedes cordellieri
Huang, 1986

Aedes cordellieri is a sub-Saharan African species of mosquito suspected of being a vector of yellow fever.[1] The species name honors Dr. Roger Cordellier, a former medical entomologist with Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer (ORSTOM) in Ivory Coast, in recognition of his contributions to the knowledge of the mosquito fauna of Africa.[1]

Bionomics[]

Ae. cordellieri is found in West Africa (Ivory Coast), East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda) and South Africa.[1][2]

The eggs of the type species were obtained from a female collected while biting a human 20 meters above ground level, in the evening, in a forest area at Dézidougou, M'Bahiakro, Centre Departement, Ivory Coast.[1][2] In nature, immature stages of Ae. cordellieri have been collected from tree holes.[1] Aedes cordellieri feeds readily on monkeys and humans through the summer until the onset of winter.[3]

Medical importance[]

Ae. cordellieri from eastern Africa (Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania) and South Africa (Natal) have been demonstrated to be capable of transmitting yellow fever virus through bites under laboratory conditions.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Yiau-Min Huang. 1986. Notes on the Aedes (Diceromyia) furcifer Group, with a Description of a New Species (Diptera: Culicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 88(4): 634-649; http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/files/pdfs/wr237.pdf Archived 2016-02-16 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ a b Thomas V. Gaffigan, Richard C. Wilkerson, James E. Pecor, Judith A. Stoffer and Thomas Anderson. 2016. "Aedes » Diceromyia » cordellieri Huang" in Systematic Catalog of Culicidae, Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/taxon_descr.aspx?ID=15828, accessed 13 Feb 2016.
  3. ^ Jupp, PG; McIntosh, BM (1990). "Aedes furcifer and other mosquitoes as vectors of chikungunya virus at Mica, northeastern Transvaal, South Africa". Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 6 (3): 415–420. PMID 1977875.


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