Aedes albopictus

Translingual

Aedes albopictus

Proper noun

Aedes albopictus m

1. A taxonomic species within the family Culicidae – the Asian tiger mosquito, a daytime feeder that is a known, suspected, or potential carrier of Zika virus, Yellow fever virus, Dengue virus, Chikungunya virus, as well as several filarial nematodes that cause filiariasis.

Hypernyms

• (species): Diptera - order; Nematocera - suborder; Culicomorpha - infraorder; Culicoidea - superfamily; Culicidae - family; Culicinae - subfamily; Aedini - tribe; Aedes - genus; Aedes (Stegomyia) - subgenus

Coordinate terms

• (carrier of Zika virus): Aedes aegypti, Aedes polynesiensis, Aedes hensilli

References

• Aedes albopictus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Aedes albopictus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Aedes albopictus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• List of sequenced animal genomes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia