Aedes (Downsiomyia) albolateralis is a species of zoophilic mosquito belonging to the genus Aedes. It is a member in Aedes niveus subgroup. It is found in Sri Lanka,[1] Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Andaman Islands, China, India, Borneo and Singapore.[2] It is highly susceptible to nocturnally subperiodic Wuchereria bancrofti and dengue type 2 virus. Virus could replicate in salivary gland, cervical cell of brain and fat body cells but not in gut and ovary.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Aedes |
| Subgenus: | Downsiomyia |
| Species: | A. albolateralis
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| Binomial name | |
| Aedes albolateralis (Theobald, 1908)
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References
edit- ^ "An annotated checklist of mosquitoes of Sri Lanka" (PDF). Man and Biosphere Reserve of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ^ "NAOSITE: Nagasaki University's Academic Output SITE". CiteSeerX 10.1.1.610.3883.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Choochote, W; Leemingsawat, S; Sucharit, S; Kunnaphuti, J; Wongkamchai, S; Sukontason, KL; Jitpakdi, A (2001). "Aedes albolateralis, a potential vector of nocturnally subperiodic Wuchereria bancrofti and dengue type 2 virus". Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 32 (3): 621–4. PMID 11944727.