page_title: Aedes
section_title: Systematics and phylogeny
hierarchical_section_title: Aedes / Systematics and phylogeny
caption_attribution_description: English: Stegomyia pia Le Goff &amp; Robert, 2013, a species of mosquito from Mayotte (Indian Ocean). Part of Figure 2 from article. Stegomyia pia: A, a male (lateral view)(Male specimen MY 085). (Whole Figure 2 is also available) Français&#160;: Stegomyia pia Le Goff &amp; Robert, 2013. Espèce de moustique de Mayotte (Océan indien). Extrait de la Figure 2 de l'article. Stegomyia pia: A, mâle, vue latérale (spécimen MY 085).
context_page_description: Aedes is a genus of mosquitoes originally found in tropical and subtropical zones, but now found on all continents except Antarctica. Some species have been spread by human activity: Aedes albopictus, a particularly invasive species, was recently spread to the New World, including the United States, by the used-tire trade.
  First described and named by German entomologist Johann Wilhelm Meigen in 1818, the generic name comes from the Ancient Greek ἀηδής, aēdēs, meaning "unpleasant" or "odious". The type species for Aedes is Aedes cinereus.
  Some species of this genus transmit serious diseases, including dengue fever, yellow fever, the Zika virus, and chikungunya. In Polynesia, the species Aedes polynesiensis is responsible for the transmission of human lymphatic filariasis.
  Aedes can be detected and monitored by ovitraps.
  The yellow fever mosquito genome was sequenced by the Broad Institute and the Institute for Genomic Research. The initial assembly was released in August 2005; a draft sequence of the genome and preliminary analysis was published in June 2007. The annotated genome is available at VectorBase.
context_section_description: The genus was named by Johann Wilhelm Meigen in 1818. The generic name comes from the Ancient Greek ἀηδής, aēdēs, meaning "unpleasant"  or "odious".
  As historically defined, the genus contains over 700 species (see the list of Aedes species). The genus has been divided into several subgenera (Aedes, Diceromyia, Finlaya, Stegomyia, etc.), most of which have been recently treated by some authorities as full genera. The classification was revised in 2009.
caption: Aedes (Stegomyia) pia, a recently described new species[9]
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