Aedes luteocephalus
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| Aedes luteocephalus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Aedes |
| Subgenus: | Stegomyia |
| Species: | A. luteocephalus |
| Binomial name | |
| Aedes luteocephalus Newstead, 1907 | |
Aedes luteocephalus is an African species that is a demonstrated or suspected vector of several important arboviral diseases of humans.[1][2] First described in 1907 as Stegomyia luteocephala,[3] the species is currently classified in the genus Aedes, subgenus Stegomyia.[4]
