Hunterdon County Mosquito Species List

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 Hunterdon 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.

		Genus Aedes (Aedes) Meigen
	1.	Aedes abserratus (Felt and Young)
	2.	Aedes albopictus- see also second account and Morph Comparisons with other Stegomyia/Aedes
	3.	Aedes atlanticus Dyar and Knab
	4.	Aedes atropalpus (Coquillett) - see also second account and Morph Comparisons with other Stegomyia/Aedes
	5.	Aedes aurifer (Coquillett)
X	6.	Aedes canadensis canadensis (Theobald)
	7.	Aedes cantator (Coquillet)
	8.	Aedes cinereus Meigen
	9.	Aedes communis (De Geer)
	10.	Aedes dorsalis (Meigen)
	11.	Aedes dupreei (Coquillet)
X	12.	Aedes excrucians (Walker)
	13.	Aedes fitchii (Felt and Young)
	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
	21.	Aedes mitchellae (Dyar)
	22.	Aedes provocans (Walker)
	23.	Aedes punctor (Kirby)
	24.	Aedes sollicitans (Walker)
	25.	Aedes spencerii spencerii (Theobald)
	26.	Aedes sticticus (Meigen)
X	27.	Aedes stimulans (Walker)
	28.	Aedes taeniorhynchus (Say)
	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
X	34.	Anopheles barberi Couillett
	35.	Anopheles bradleyi King
	36.	Anopheles crucians Weidemann
	37.	Anopheles earlei Vargas
X	38.	Anopheles punctipennis (Say)
X	39.	Anopheles quadrimaculatus Say
	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
	45.	Culex tarsalis Coquillett - see also second account
X	46.	Culex territans Walker
		*Genus Culiseta* Felt**
	47.	Culiseta inornata (Williston)
	48.	Culiseta melanura (Coquillett)
	49.	Culiseta minnesotae Barr
	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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