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Aedes hensilli
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Aedes
Species:
A. hensilli
Binomial name
Aedes hensilli
Farner, 1945

Aedes hensilli is a mosquito species originally collected in 1945 on Ulithi atoll in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean, about 191 km (103 nautical mi) east of Yap State.[1] It is the most abundant and widespread Aedes (Stegomyia) species mosquito in Yap State, the only Aedes (Stegomyia) species on Woleai, and the only species of mosquito present on Eauripik.[2]

The specific epithet recognizes the collector of the type specimens, Dr. George S. Hensill.[1]

  1. ^ a b D. S. Farner, Lieutenant (JG), H(S), USNR. 1945. A New Species of Aedes from the Caroline Islands (Diptera, Culicidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 58 (May 7, 1945): 59-62.
  2. ^ Fritz, C L; Savage, H M; Yolwa, A; Gubler, D J; Vorndam, V; Rutstein, D (1 April 1998). "Epidemic of dengue-4 virus in Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia, and implication of Aedes hensilli as an epidemic vector". The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 58 (4): 519–524. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.1998.58.519. PMID 9574802.

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