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About WRBU. The Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (WRBU) is a unique national resource—a partnership between the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), and the Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of Natural History (NMNH).
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*Associated pathogens: This list reports bacteria, viruses, and parasites recovered from, or experimentally passed through this species, and does not imply field vector status.
Vector Hazard Reports | Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (WRBU)
WRBU Vector Hazard Reports (VHRs) combine information from VectorMap and other WRBU web products to generate targeted entomological intelligence for specific countries, or regions of interest.
Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762) | Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit …
Etymology: Egypt Aedes aegypti is the best-studied of all mosquito species, boosted into notoriety by Walter Reed’s discovery that it transmitted yellow fever to man. The distribution of Ae. aegypti is essentially pan-global in tropical regions. Placed within the Aegypti Group along with Ae. mascarensis (MacGregor, 1848) and Ae. pia Le Goff & Robert, 2013, Ae. aegypti has one valid ...
Culex Linnaeus, 1758 | Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (WRBU)
DIAGNOSTIC CHARACTERS (Click photos to view; mouse over and click large photo to zoom in.) ADULT (illustrated): Thorax: Prespiracular and postspiracular setae absent. Wings: Alula with narrow fringe of scales. Legs: Well-developed pulvillus present. LARVA (not illustrated): Head: Seta 2-C usually absent; seta 3-C located dorsally. Abdomen: Seta 12-I always present.
Mansonia Blanchard, 1901 | Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (WRBU)
Generic abbreviation: Ma. Type species: Culex titillans Walker Etymology: Patrick Manson Mansonia adults are differentiated from all other mosquitoes by the presence of their unique broad, asymmetrical scales on the wings, that are mixed dark and pale. Most speciose in tropical regions, a few species are also found in northern regions, e.g., Ma. dyari Heinemann & Page …
Genus profiles | Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (WRBU)
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Anopheles Meigen, 1818 | Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (WRBU)
Generic abbreviation: An. Type species: Anopheles maculipennis Meigen (ICZN 1959; Opinion 547) Etymology: useless, unprofitable, hurtful (Gr) With the exception of the polar icecaps and some isolated island groups in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, including Fiji and New Zealand, Anopheles species are found across the globe. Anopheles are the mosquitoes capable of …