aegypti Linnaeus

Aedes aegypti Linnaeus, 1762: 470 . Causton et al. 2006: 126 [introduced species]; Causton & Sevilla 2007: 144 [introduced species]; Sinclair 2009: 112 [introduced species]; Asigau et al. 2017: 247 [island records].

Distribution. Introduced. Cosmopolitan; Galápagos: Isabela, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz.

Remarks. The first established record of this day-feeding species was in 2001 and it is a vector of Dengue fever (Causton et al. 2006; Asigau et al. 2017).