Burlington County Mosquito Control

 

Below is a list of mosquito species sampled in New Jersey. Those species with an A in front of the species name indicates an abundant presence in Burlington County, C are common, U are uncommon and R are rare.   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.

  Genus Aedes (Aedes) Meigen
U

1. 

Aedes abserratus (Felt and Young)
C

2. 

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

3. 

Aedes atlanticus Dyar and Knab

U

4.

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

5.

Aedes aurifer (Coquillett)

A

6.

Aedes canadensis canadensis (Theobald)

A

7.

Aedes cantator (Coquillet)

U

8.

Aedes cinereus Meigen

 

9.

Aedes communis (De Geer)

 

10.

Aedes dorsalis (Meigen)

 

11.

Aedes dupreei (Coquillet)

R

12.

Aedes excrucians (Walker)

U

13.

Aedes fitchii (Felt and Young)

 

14.

Aedes flavescens (Miller)

C

15.

Aedes grossbecki Dyar and Knab

 

16.

Aedes hendersoni Cockerell

 

17.

Aedes implicatus Vockeroth

 

18.

Aedes infirmatus Dyar and Knab

 

19.

Aedes intrudens Dyar

C

20.

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

R

21.

Aedes mitchellae (Dyar)

 

22.

Aedes provocans (Walker)

 

23.

Aedes punctor (Kirby)

A

24.

Aedes sollicitans (Walker)

 

25.

Aedes spencerii spencerii (Theobald)

C

26.

Aedes sticticus (Meigen)

C

27.

Aedes stimulans (Walker)

U

28.

Aedes taeniorhynchus (Say)

R

29.

Aedes thibaulti Dyar and Knab - see also second account
A

30.

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

31.

Aedes trivittatus (Coquillet)

A

32.

Aedes vexans (Anopheles MergenMeigen) - see also second account
 

Genus Anopheles Meigen
R

33.

Anopheles atropos Dyar and Knab

U

34.

Anopheles barberi Couillett

C

35.

Anopheles bradleyi King

C

36.

Anopheles crucians Weidemann

 

37.

Anopheles earlei Vargas

C

38.

Anopheles punctipennis (Say)

C

39.

Anopheles quadrimaculatus Say

U

40.

Anopheles walkeri Theobald

 

Genus Culex Linnaeus
U

41.

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

42.

Culex pipiens Linnaeus - see also second account
A

43.

Culex restuans Theobald

A

44.

Culex salinarius Coquillett - see also second account
R

45.

Culex tarsalis Coquillett - see also second account
A

46.

Culex territans Walker

 

Genus Culiseta Felt
U

47.

Culiseta inornata (Williston)

A

48.

Culiseta melanura (Coquillett)

R

49.

Culiseta minnesotae Barr

R

50.

Culiseta morsitans (Theobald)

 

Genus Coquillettidia Dyar
C

51.

Coquillettidia perturbans (Walker)

 

Genus Orthopodomyia Theobald
 

52.

Orthopodomyia alba Baker

U

53.

Orthopodomyia signifera (Coquillett)

 

Genus Psorophora Robineau-Desvoidy
C

54.

Psorophora ciliata (Fabricius)

C

55.

Psorophora columbiae (Dyar and Knab)

R

56.

Psorophora cyanescens (Coquillett)

 

57.

Psorophora discolor (Coquillett)

C

58.

Psorophora ferox (von Humboldt)

C

59.

Psorophora howardii Coquillett

 

60.

Psorophora mathesoni Belkin and Heinemann

 

Genus Toxorhynchites Theobald
U

61.

Toxorhynchites rutilus septentrionalis (Dyar and Knab)

 

Genus Uranotaenia Lynch- Arribalzaga
C

62.

Uranotaenia sapphirina (Osten Sacken)

 

Genus Wyeomyia Theobald
R

63.

Wyeomyia smithii (Coquillett)

 

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