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Aedini

Insecta - Diptera - Culicidae

Taxonomy
Aedini was named by Neveu-Lemaire (1902). It is extant. Its type is Aedes.

It was assigned to Culicinae by Harbach (2007), Harbach and Greenwalt (2012), Zakrzewska et al. (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Aedini Neveu-Lemaire
2007Aedini Harbach
2012Aedini Harbach and Greenwalt p. 33
2025Aedini Zakrzewska et al. p. 177

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilyCulicoidea
familyCulicidae
subfamilyCulicinae()
tribeAediniNeveu-Lemaire 1902
tribeAediniNeveu-Lemaire 1902

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tr. Aedini Neveu-Lemaire 1902
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G. Aedes Meigen 1818
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Subg. †Aedes (Finlaya) Szadziewski 1998
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†Aedes (Finlaya) serafini Szadziewski 1998
G. †Aetheapnomyia Harbach and Greenwalt 2012
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†Aetheapnomyia hoffeinsorum Szadziewski 1998
G. †Eoaedes Harbach and Greenwalt 2012
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†Eoaedes damzeni Szadziewski 1998
G. Ochlerotatus Lynch Arribalzaga 1891
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†Ochlerotatus protolepis Cockerell 1915
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Invalid names: Culex petrifactellus Cockerell 1915 [synonym]
†Ochlerotatus serafini Szadziewski 1998
Invalid names: Taeniorhynchus Lynch Arribalzaga 1891 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Blancan or 37.71000 to 1.40000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation Aedes hoffeinsorum (123419)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Aedes serafini, Aedes serafini (110737)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Aedes damzeni (110735)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Ukraine Aetheapnomyia hoffeinsorum (275551)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Aedes protolepis (21976 123960) Aedes sp., Culex protolepis, Culex petrifactellus (123959)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico Ochlerotatus sp. 1, Ochlerotatus sp. 2 (21977)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Texas) Aedes sp. (154909)