Aedini is a mosquito tribe in the subfamily Culicinae. It is the main tribe of mosquitoes with 1256 species classified in 81 genera and two groups incertae sedis.

Aedini
Aedes aegypti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Subfamily: Culicinae
Tribe: Aedini
Neveu-Lemaire, 1902
Type genus
Aedes
Meigen, 1818
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  1. ^ Reinert, J. F. (2000). "New classification for the composite genus Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae: Aedini), elevation of subgenus Ochlerotatus to generic rank, reclassification of the other subgenera, and notes on certain subgenera and species" (PDF). Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 16 (3): 175–188. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  2. ^ Williston, Samuel Wendell (1896). "On the Diptera of St. Vincent (West Indies)". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1896: 253–446, pls. 8–14. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  • Huang, Y-M. & Rueda, L.M. 2015. A pictorial key to the species of the Aedes (Zavortinkius) in the Afrotropical Region (Diptera: Culicidae). Zootaxa 4027 (4): 593–599. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4027.4.9
  • Reinert, J.F.; Harbach, R.E.; Kitching, I.J. 2009: Phylogeny and classification of tribe Aedini (Diptera: Culicidae). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 157(4): 700-794. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00570.x

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