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 5 Apr 2011.

  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

R

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
C

30.

Aedes triseriatus (Say) - 2nd account and Morph Comparisons with other St./Ae.
C

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
C

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
C

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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