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

  Genus Aedes (Aedes) Meigen

X

1. 

Aedes abserratus (Felt and Young)

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

X

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)

15.

Aedes grossbecki Dyar and Knab

16.

Aedes hendersoni Cockerell

17.

Aedes implicatus Vockeroth

18.

Aedes infirmatus Dyar and Knab

X

19.

Aedes intrudens Dyar

X

20.

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

21.

Aedes mitchellae (Dyar)

X

22.

Aedes provocans (Walker)

23.

Aedes punctor (Kirby)

24.

Aedes sollicitans (Walker)

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

36.

Anopheles crucians Weidemann

X

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)

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

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)

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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