Subgenus of the mosquito genus Aedes containing most Nearctic and Palaearctic species of the genus. It is the most widely distributed subgenus of Aedes, i.e., A. scapularis and A. taeniorhynchus belonging to this subgenus.
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Mehlhorn, H. (2016). Ochlerotatus . In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43978-4_4112
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