Kusaki ( Latin: Aëdes ) is a genus of mosquitoes distributed in tropical and subtropical zones in the vicinity of people. Found on all continents except Antarctica . These mosquitoes are small with white stripes on the body and on the knees. Several species of this genus carry diseases dangerous to humans.
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 Aedes aegypti | ||||||||||||
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Systematics
The genus includes about 700 species. It also has several subgenera ( Aëdes , Diceromyia , Finlaya , Stegomyia , etc.), which have already been given the status of an independent genus. [one]
Etymology
The name was given to the family by the German entomologist Johann Wilhelm Meigen in 1818 and it comes from the word Greek. ἀηδής - unpleasant, vile, disgusting. This name was given to him due to the fact that he is a carrier of diseases, for example, yellow fever and dengue fever .
Genetics
Data for the species Aedes malayensis :
Karyotype : 6 chromosomes (2 n ) [2]
Genome : 0.94 pg (C value) [3]
Notes
- ↑ Reinert, JF et al., Phylogeny and classification of Aedini (Diptera: Culicidae), based on morphological characters of all life stages. Zool. J. of the Linnean Society, 2004,142, 289-368
- ↑ Rao, PN and KS Rai (1987). Inter and intraspecific variation in nuclear DNA content in Aedes mosquitoes. Heredity 59: 253–258.
- ↑ Database of animal genome sizes.