Bergen County Office of Mosquito Control

 

Below is a list of mosquito species sampled in New Jersey. Those with an "X" in front of the species name indicates a presence in Bergen County.   Aedes aegypti is occasionally found in New Jersey but does not overwinter in New Jersey.  Links lead to species accounts. Species list updated 19 March 2009.

X Genus Aedes (Aedes) Meigen
X

1. 

Aedes abserratus (Felt and Young)
X

2. 

Stegomyia albopicta - see also second account and Morph Comparisons with other Stegomyia/Aedes
 

3. 

Aedes atlanticus Dyar and Knab

X

4.

Aedes atropalpus (Coquillett) - see also second account and Morph Comparisons with other Stegomyia/Aedes
X

5.

Aedes aurifer (Coquillett)

X

6.

Aedes canadensis canadensis (Theobald)

X

7.

Aedes cantator (Coquillet)

X

8.

Aedes cinereus Meigen

 

9.

Aedes communis (De Geer)

X

10.

Aedes dorsalis (Meigen)

 

11.

Aedes dupreei (Coquillet)

X

12.

Aedes excrucians (Walker)

X

13.

Aedes fitchii (Felt and Young)

X

14.

Aedes flavescens (Miller)

X

15.

Aedes grossbecki Dyar and Knab

 

16.

Aedes hendersoni Cockerell

 

17.

Aedes implicatus Vockeroth

 

18.

Aedes infirmatus Dyar and Knab

 

19.

Aedes intrudens Dyar

X

20.

Aedes japonicus - 1998. See also  Morph Comparisons with other Stegomyia/Aedes

X

21.

Aedes mitchellae (Dyar)

 

22.

Aedes provocans (Walker)

 

23.

Aedes punctor (Kirby)

X

24.

Aedes sollicitans (Walker)

X

25.

Aedes spencerii spencerii (Theobald)

X

26.

Aedes sticticus (Meigen)

X

27.

Aedes stimulans (Walker)

 

28.

Aedes taeniorhynchus (Say)

X

29.

Aedes thibaulti Dyar and Knab - see also second account
X

30.

Aedes triseriatus (Say) - see also second account and Morph Comparisons with other Stegomyia/Aedes
X

31.

Aedes trivittatus (Coquillet)

X

32.

Aedes vexans (Anopheles MergenMeigen) - see also second account
 

Genus Anopheles Meigen
 

33.

Anopheles atropos Dyar and Knab

 

34.

Anopheles barberi Couillett

 

35.

Anopheles bradleyi King

X

36.

Anopheles crucians Weidemann

 

37.

Anopheles earlei Vargas

X

38.

Anopheles punctipennis (Say)

X

39.

Anopheles quadrimaculatus Say

X

40.

Anopheles walkeri Theobald

 

Genus Culex Linnaeus
 

41.

Culex erraticus (Dyar and Knab) - see also second account
X

42.

Culex pipiens Linnaeus - see also second account
X

43.

Culex restuans Theobald

X

44.

Culex salinarius Coquillett - see also second account
X

45.

Culex tarsalis Coquillett - see also second account
X

46.

Culex territans Walker

 

Genus Culiseta Felt
X

47.

Culiseta inornata (Williston)

X

48.

Culiseta melanura (Coquillett)

X

49.

Culiseta minnesotae Barr

X

50.

Culiseta morsitans (Theobald)

 

Genus Coquillettidia Dyar
X

51.

Coquillettidia perturbans (Walker)

 

Genus Orthopodomyia Theobald
 

52.

Orthopodomyia alba Baker

X

53.

Orthopodomyia signifera (Coquillett)

 

Genus Psorophora Robineau-Desvoidy
X

54.

Psorophora ciliata (Fabricius)

X

55.

Psorophora columbiae (Dyar and Knab)

 

56.

Psorophora cyanescens (Coquillett)

 

57.

Psorophora discolor (Coquillett)

X

58.

Psorophora ferox (von Humboldt)

X

59.

Psorophora howardii Coquillett

 

60.

Psorophora mathesoni Belkin and Heinemann

 

Genus Toxorhynchites Theobald
X

61.

Toxorhynchites rutilus septentrionalis (Dyar and Knab)

 

Genus Uranotaenia Lynch- Arribalzaga
X

62.

Uranotaenia sapphirina (Osten Sacken)

 

Genus Wyeomyia Theobald
 

63.

Wyeomyia smithii (Coquillett)

 

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