Aedes luteocephalus

Aedes luteocephalus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Culicidae
Genus:	Aedes
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]

Bionomics

The immature stages of Aedes luteocephalus develop preferentially in tree holes and rot holes, with bamboo stems and artificial containers also being utilized for egg-laying and larval and pupal development.[4]

The species' distribution includes Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.[4]

Medical Importance

Adult female Aedes luteocephalus are human-biters[4] and demonstrated vectors of yellow fever.[1][2][4] Chikungunya, dengue serotype 2, and Zika viruses have also been isolated from Aedes luteocephalus.[1][2][4]

References

J.-P. Mutebi, M. B. Crabtree, R. C. Kading, A. M. Powers, J. J. Lutwama, B. R. Miller. 2012. Mosquitoes of Western Uganda. Journal of Medical Entomology, 49(6): 1289-1306; http://jme.oxfordjournals.org/content/49/6/1289, accessed 13 Feb 2016.
Diagne, CT; Diallo, D; Faye, O; Ba, Y; Faye, O; Gaye, A; Dia, I; Faye, O; Weaver, SC; Sall, AA; Diallo, M (2015). "Potential of selected Senegalese Aedes spp. mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) to transmit Zika virus". BMC Infectious Diseases. 15: 492. doi:10.1186/s12879-015-1231-2. PMC 4629289. PMID 26527535.
Newstead, R., Dutton, J.E., and Todd, J.L. 1907. Insects and other Arthropoda collected in the Congo Free State. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 1:1-112; 15.
Thomas V. Gaffigan, Richard C. Wilkerson, James E. Pecor, Judith A. Stoffer and Thomas Anderson: "Aedes (Stg.) luteocephala" in Systematic Catalog of Culicidae, Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, ""Aedes (Stg.) luteocephala" in Systematic Catalog of Culicidae". Archived from the original on 2016-01-28. Retrieved 2016-02-01., accessed 13 Feb 2016.

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[MCKea-1] J.-P. Mutebi, M. B. Crabtree, R. C. Kading, A. M. Powers, J. J. Lutwama, B. R. Miller. 2012. Mosquitoes of Western Uganda. Journal of Medical Entomology, 49(6): 1289-1306; http://jme.oxfordjournals.org/content/49/6/1289, accessed 13 Feb 2016.

[DDFea-2] Diagne, CT; Diallo, D; Faye, O; Ba, Y; Faye, O; Gaye, A; Dia, I; Faye, O; Weaver, SC; Sall, AA; Diallo, M (2015). "Potential of selected Senegalese Aedes spp. mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) to transmit Zika virus". BMC Infectious Diseases. 15: 492. doi:10.1186/s12879-015-1231-2. PMC 4629289. PMID 26527535.

[RN-3] Newstead, R., Dutton, J.E., and Todd, J.L. 1907. Insects and other Arthropoda collected in the Congo Free State. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 1:1-112; 15.

[GWPS&A-4] Thomas V. Gaffigan, Richard C. Wilkerson, James E. Pecor, Judith A. Stoffer and Thomas Anderson: "Aedes (Stg.) luteocephala" in Systematic Catalog of Culicidae, Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, ""Aedes (Stg.) luteocephala" in Systematic Catalog of Culicidae". Archived from the original on 2016-01-28. Retrieved 2016-02-01., accessed 13 Feb 2016.