Type species:
Aedes scutellaris (Walker, 1859), original combination: Culex scutellaris.
Classification:
Subfamily Culicinae, genus Aedes, subgenus Stegomyia. The Scutellaris Group includes two subgroups, the Albopictus and Scutellaris Subgroups.
Species groups:
Albopictus Subgroup (see).
Scutellaris Subgroup (see).