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Weterings, R., M. Barbetti, and H. L. Buckley. 2019. Hypothesis: Do invasive house geckos exacerbate dengue fever epidemics? Biological Invasions 21: 3533–3543. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-019-02066-x

Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne disease that has undergone a marked rise in incidence since the 1950s, throughout the world’s tropical regions. Here, we present a hypothesis that this rise in incidence may have been exacerbated by the invasion of house geckos, due to their role in the mosquito vect…

Carl Johan Aagaard

1882 – 1950

Kingdom of Denmark

Sciuridae

Collected Sciuridae

William Louis Abbott

February 23, 1860 – April 02, 1936

United States

Vespertilionidae

Collected Vespertilionidae and identified Saccolomataceae

R. Tucker Abbott

September 28, 1919 – November 03, 1995

United States

Cypraeidae

Collected Cypraeidae and identified Assimineidae

Alastair Martin Adamson

October 17, 1901 – December 24, 1945

Collected Partulidae and identified Pyralidae

Villy Aellen

December 04, 1926 – January 22, 2000

Switzerland

Vespertilionidae

Collected Vespertilionidae and identified Acrididae

Alexander Emanuel Agassiz
Alexander Emanuel Agassiz

December 17, 1835 – March 27, 1910

United States; Switzerland

Nymphalidae

Collected Nymphalidae and identified Cidaridae

Louis Agassiz
Louis Agassiz

May 28, 1807 – December 14, 1873

Switzerland; United States

Cichlidae

Collected Cichlidae and identified Cidaridae

Israel Aharoni
Israel Aharoni

1882 – October 09, 1946

Fringillidae

Collected Fringillidae and identified Cichlidae

Peter F. Aitken

September 27, 1935 – December 11, 1982

Australia

Carabidae

Collected Carabidae and identified Muridae

Carl Akeley
Carl Akeley

May 19, 1864 – November 18, 1926

United States

Bovidae

Collected Bovidae

Glover Morrill Allen

February 08, 1879 – February 14, 1942

United States

Cricetidae

Collected Cricetidae and identified Gomphotheriidae

Robert Willard Alrutz

August 20, 1921 – October 14, 1997

United States

Coenagrionidae

Collected Coenagrionidae

Nelson Annandale
Nelson Annandale

June 15, 1876 – April 10, 1924

British Raj

Salticidae

Collected Salticidae and identified Spongillidae

William John Ansorge
William John Ansorge

April 06, 1850 – October 31, 1913

Nectariniidae

Collected Nectariniidae and identified Columbidae

Umilaela Arifin

Germany

Scincidae

Collected Scincidae

Toshio Asaeda

1893 – 1968

Blenniidae

Collected Blenniidae

Edwin Ashby

November 02, 1861 – January 08, 1941

Australia

Acanthizidae

Collected Acanthizidae and identified Ischnochitonidae

James S. Ashe

February 23, 1947 – December 27, 2005

United States

Staphylinidae

Collected Staphylinidae and identified Staphylinidae

Walter Auffenberg

February 06, 1928 – January 17, 2004

United States

Colubridae

Collected Colubridae and identified Emydidae

Charles Fuller Baker
Charles Fuller Baker

March 22, 1872 – July 22, 1927

United States

Asteraceae

Collected Asteraceae and identified Pucciniaceae

Rollin H. Baker

1916 – 2007

Cricetidae

Collected Cricetidae and identified Cricetidae

George E. Ball

September 25, 1926 – January 12, 2019

United States; Canada

Carabidae

Collected Carabidae and identified Carabidae

Kathleen Elizabeth Ball

April 13, 1921 – August 15, 2014

Canada

Carabidae

Collected Carabidae

Thomas Lane Bancroft
Thomas Lane Bancroft

January 02, 1860 – November 12, 1933

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; Australia

Fabaceae

Collected Fabaceae and identified Kathlaniidae

Mabel Josephine Mackerras
Mabel Josephine Mackerras

August 07, 1896 – October 08, 1971

Australia

Poaceae

Collected Poaceae and identified Blattidae

Thomas Barbour
Thomas Barbour

August 19, 1884 – January 08, 1946

United States

Dactyloidae

Collected Dactyloidae and identified Dactyloidae

George Latimer Bates
George Latimer Bates

March 21, 1863 – January 31, 1940

United States

Cisticolidae

Collected Cisticolidae and identified Fabaceae

Henry Walter Bates
Henry Walter Bates

February 08, 1825 – February 16, 1892

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Nymphalidae

Collected Nymphalidae and identified Cerambycidae

Collected Scincidae and identified Gekkonidae

Rollo Beck
Rollo Beck

August 26, 1870 – November 22, 1950

United States

Laridae

Collected Laridae and identified Thraupidae