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YELLOW FEVER VECTORS
(Table
derived & updated from Matheson 1950)
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AFRICA & MEDITERRANEAN AREAS, MIDDLE EAST
EUROPE, AUSTRALASIA, & ORIENT
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MOSQUITO
SPECIES
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DISTRIBUTION
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HABITAT
OF IMMATURES
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Aedes aegypti
queenslandensis
(Theo.)
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Eastern Ethiopian region & northern Australia
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Inhabit containers around dwellings
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Aedes africanus (Theo.)
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Widespread in Africa, preferring tree canopy. Crepuscular
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Tree holes, containers, banana cuttings
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Aedes albopictus (Skuse)
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Eastern Ethiopian region, Oriental & Australia
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Tree holes,
rock crevices, containers around dwellings
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Aedes irritans (Theo.)
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Widespread in Africa
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Pools of brackish water, crab holes
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Aedes leutocephalus (Newst.)
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Widespread in Africa
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Bamboo stumps, tree holes
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Aedes metallicus (Edw.)
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Widespread in Africa
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Coconut shells, tree holes
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Aedes nigricephalus (Theo.)
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Western Africa
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Crab holes
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Aedes punctocostalis (Theo.)
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Western Africa
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Pools of water in forests
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Aedes simpsoni (Theo.)
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Widespread in Africa. Diurnal
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Tree holes, coconut shells, banana leaf axils
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Aedes stokesi Evans
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Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda
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Tree holes, bamboo stumps, etc.
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Aedes
geniculatus (Oliv.)
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Europe, Middle East
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Tree holes
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Aedes
taylori Edw.
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Eastern Africa & Nigeria
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Tree holes
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Aedes
vittatus (Bigot)
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Widespread in Africa, Oriental region, Australasia,
Mediterranean
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Containers around dwellings, wells, rock pools,
etc.
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Culex
fatigans Wied.
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Widespread in tropical and subtropical areas
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In pools of water around dwellings
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Culex thalassius Theo.
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Widespread in Africa
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Wter holes, crab holes, drains, domestic containers
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Eretmapodites chrysogaster
Graham
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Widespread in Africa
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Banana stumps, tree holes, leaf litter and domestic
containers
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Mansonia africanus (Theo.)
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Tropical portions of Africa
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Mosquito larvae on aquatic plants
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Mansonia uniformis (Theo.)
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Africa, Orient, northern Australia, China, Taiwan,
Japan
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Mosquito larvae on aquatic plants
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NEOTROPICAL & NEARCTIC REGIONS
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MOSQUITO
SPECIES
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DISTRIBUTION
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HABITAT
OF IMMATURES
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Aedes fluviatilis (Lutz)
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Brazil & Guianas
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Rock pools & along rivers
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Aedes fulvithorax (Lutz)
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Northern South America & Brazil
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Tree holes
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Aedes leucocelaenus D. & S.
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All America
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Tree holes
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Aedes nubilus (Theo.)
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West Indies, Central & South America
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Ground pools with temporary water
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Aedes scapularis (Rond.)
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All America
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Temporary rain pools
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Aedes
serratus (Theo.)
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All America Walter Reed J.
Stoffer
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Temporary rain pools
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Aedes taeniorhynchus (Wied.)
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All American coastal areas & marshlands
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Brackish & freshwater pools
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Aedes terrens Walk.
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Mexico south to Argentina
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Tree holes
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Aedes triseriatus Say
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North America
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Tree holes
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Haemagogus capricornii (Lutz)
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Panama to Argentina
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Bamboo stumps, tree holes
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Haemagogus
equinus Theo.
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Mexico to Argentina
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Tree holes
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Haemagogus spegazzinii var. falco Kum et al. (syn: janthinomys)
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Colombia
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Tree holes & standing water
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Haemagogus
splendens Will.
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Colombia, Guianas, Brazil
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Tree holes
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Mansonia albicosta Pery.
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Brazil
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Mosquito larvae on aquatic plants
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Mansonia chrysonotum (Pery.)
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Brazil
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Mosquito larvae on aquatic plants
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Mansonia fasciolata Lyn. Arrib.
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Mexico through South America
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Mosquito larvae on aquatic plants
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Mansonia justamansonia (Chagas)
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Brazil, Colombia
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Mosquito larvae on aquatic plants
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Mansonia titillans Walk.
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Neotropics
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Mosquito larvae on aquatic plants
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Psorophora cingulata Fabr.
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Central America to Brazil
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Temporary rain pools
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Psorophora
ferox Hum.
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North and South America
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Temporary rain pools
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Sabethoides spp.
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South America
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Forest dwellers
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Limatus spp.
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South America
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Forest dwellers
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Wyeomyia spp.
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South America
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Forest dwellers
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Goeldia spp.
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South America
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Forest dwellers
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Trichoprosopon spp.
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South America
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Forest dwellers
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FOOTNOTE: Principal mosquito vectors of Yellow
Fever.
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Key References: <medvet.ref.htm> <Hexapoda>
Matheson, R. 1950. Medical Entomology. Comstock Publ. Co, Inc. 610 p.
Service, M. 2008.
Medical Entomology For Students.
Cambridge Univ. Press. 289 p
Legner, E. F. 1995. Biological control of Diptera of medical and veterinary
importance. J. Vector Ecology 20(1):
59_120.
Legner, E. F. 2000.
Biological control of aquatic Diptera. p. 847_870.
Contributions to a Manual of Palaearctic Diptera,
Vol. 1, Science Herald, Budapest. 978 p.
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