Middlesex 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 Middlesex County.   Stegomyia aegypti (formerly Aedes aegypti) is found but does not overwinter in New Jersey. Links lead to species accounts. Species list updated 19 March 2001.

Genus Ochlerotatus (Aedes) Meigen
X 1. 

Ochlerotatus abserratus (Felt and Young)
X 2. 

Stegomyia albopicta - see also second account and Morph Comparisons with other Stegomyia/Ochlerotatus
X 3. 

Ochlerotatus atlanticus Dyar and Knab

X 4.

Ochlerotatus atropalpus (Coquillett) - see also second account and Morph Comparisons with other Stegomyia/Ochlerotatus
X 5.

Ochlerotatus aurifer (Coquillett)

X 6.

Ochlerotatus canadensis canadensis (Theobald)

X 7.

Ochlerotatus cantator (Coquillet)

X 8.

Aedes cinereus Meigen

9.

Ochlerotatus communis (De Geer)

10.

Ochlerotatus dorsalis (Meigen)

11.

Ochlerotatus dupreei (Coquillet)

X 12.

Ochlerotatus excrucians (Walker)

13.

Ochlerotatus fitchii (Felt and Young)

14.

Ochlerotatus flavescens (Miller)

X 15.

Ochlerotatus grossbecki Dyar and Knab

16.

Ochlerotatus hendersoni Cockerell

17.

Ochlerotatus implicatus Vockeroth

18.

Ochlerotatus infirmatus Dyar and Knab

19.

Ochlerotatus intrudens Dyar

X 20.

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

X 21.

Ochlerotatus mitchellae (Dyar)

22.

Ochlerotatus provocans (Walker)

23.

Ochlerotatus punctor (Kirby)

X 24.

Ochlerotatus sollicitans (Walker)

25.

Ochlerotatus spencerii spencerii (Theobald)

X 26.

Ochlerotatus sticticus (Meigen)

X 27.

Ochlerotatus stimulans (Walker)

28.

Ochlerotatus taeniorhynchus (Say)

29.

Ochlerotatus thibaulti Dyar and Knab - see also second account
X 30.

Ochlerotatus triseriatus (Say) - see also second account and Morph Comparisons with other Stegomyia/Ochlerotatus
X 31.

Ochlerotatus 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

X 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
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)

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
X 63.

Wyeomyia smithii (Coquillett)

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