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In partnership with the Smithsonian Institution, WRBU has grown the U.S. National Mosquito Collection from 200,000 specimens in 1961, into the world’s largest taxonomically and geographically comprehensive collection of over 1.7 million specimens today.
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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.
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Aedes albopictus—the Asian Tiger mosquito—is one of the best known mosquitoes in the world, due to its distinctive black and white markings and its close association with humans. Originally described from Calcutta in India, Ae. albopictus is now present on all continents.
The Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (WRBU) conducts laboratory and field research on taxonomy, systematics, and bionomics of biomedically important arthropods, in support of epidemiological studies and disease control strategies of importance to the Military. WRBU maintains the U.S. national mosquito and sand fly collections. Visit WRBU's Website.
Jul 1, 2021 · The molecular identification approach used was DNA-barcoding performed by Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (WRBU), where DNA signatures are compared against the gold-standard Mosquito Barcoding...
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- 2021
Jan 1, 2020 · There are about 3600 described mosquito species and subspecies, under 188 subgenera in 41 genera of mosquitoes worldwide (WRBU, 2018). In Texas, there are 87 known species, under 22 subgenera in 12 genera of mosquitoes (see Chapter 2 ).
- Leopoldo M. Rueda, Mustapha Debboun
- 2020
Oct 25, 2019 · 137 Followers. Replies. Media. Likes. Pinned Tweet. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (WRBU) @wrbu_wrair. ·. Jan 22, 2021. WRBU's Mosquitoes of the World––a definitive reference on the biology, evolution, ecology, and diversity of all known species of the world's mosquitoes––is now available! @WRAIR. @NMNH_Entomology.