to the tribe Aedini of the dipteran family Culicidae and to the genus Aedes and subgenus Stegomyia. According to one recent analysis, the subgenus Stegomyia of the genus Aedes should be raised to the level of genus. The proposed name change has been ignored by most scientists; at least one scientific journal, the Journal of Medical Entomology, has officially encouraged authors dealing with aedile mosquitoes to continue to use the traditional names, unless they have particular reasons for not doing so. The generic name comes from the Ancient Greek ἀηδής, aēdēs, meaning "unpleasant" or "odious". Subspecies Two subspecies are commonly recognized: This classification is complicated by the results of Gloria-Soria et al., 2016. Although confirming the existence of these two major subspecies, Gloria-Sora et al.'' finds greater worldwide diversity than previously recognized and a large number of distinct populations separated by various geographic factors. References External links Aedes aegypti on the entomology Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Featured Creatures Web site University of Florida, March 2019. Aedes aegypti University of Sydney, Australia very brief, undated Aedes aegypti and dengue fever microscopy-uk.org.uk, undated United States CDC page on dengue fever containing information on prevalence of Aedes aegypti worldwide and past efforts to eradicate it Aedes aegypti on Walter Reed Hospital page Distribution, taxonomy, references etc. The ecology and biology of Aedes aegypti (L.) and Aedes albopictusand the resistance of Aedes albopictus against organophosphates in Penang, Malaysia M.S. thesis, June 2006 Aedes aegypti Community Eradication using copepods. The Monte Verde Story (Honduras) January 2019 VectorBase's genomic resource for Aedes aegypti Aedes aegypti at GeoChemBio.com 09/01/14 aegypti Insects described in 1762 Dengue fever Insect vectors of human pathogens Yellow fever Chikungunya Diptera of Africa Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus