NEW JERSEY'S 63 MOSQUITOES

Below is a list of mosquito species sampled in New Jersey.  Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti is found but does not overwinter in New Jersey. Links lead to species accounts. Species list updated 6 December 2006.

 

Genus Aedes
1. 

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) abserratus (Felt and Young)
2. 

Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus- see also second account and Morphological Comparisons with certain other Aedes
3. 

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) atlanticus Dyar and Knab

4.

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) atropalpus (Coquillett) - see also second account and Morphological  Comparisons with certain other Aedes
5.

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) aurifer (Coquillett)

6.

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) canadensis canadensis (Theobald)

7.

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) cantator (Coquillet)

8.

Aedes (Aedes) cinereus Meigen

9.

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) communis (De Geer)

10.

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) dorsalis (Meigen)

11.

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) dupreei (Coquillet)

12.

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) excrucians (Walker)

13.

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) fitchii (Felt and Young)

14.

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) flavescens (Miller)

15.

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) grossbecki Dyar and Knab

16.

Aedes (Protomacleaya) hendersoni Cockerell

17.

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) implicatus Vockeroth

18.

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) infirmatus Dyar and Knab

19.

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) intrudens Dyar

20.

Aedes (Finlaya) japonicus japonicus - 1998. See also  Morph Comparisons with certain other Aedes

21.

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) mitchellae (Dyar)

22.

Aedes (Rusticoides) provocans (Walker)

23.

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) punctor (Kirby)

24.

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) sollicitans (Walker)

25.

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) spencerii spencerii (Theobald)

26.

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) sticticus (Meigen)

27.

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) stimulans (Walker)

28.

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) taeniorhynchus (Say)

29.

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) thibaulti Dyar and Knab - see also second account
30.

Aedes (Protomacleaya) triseriatus (Say) - see also second account and Morph Comparisons with certain other Aedes
31.

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) trivittatus (Coquillet)

32.

Aedes (Aedimorphus) vexans (Anopheles MergenMeigen) - see also second account

 

Genus Anopheles Meigen
33.

Anopheles (Anopheles) atropos Dyar and Knab

34.

Anopheles (Anopheles) barberi Couillett

35.

Anopheles (Anopheles) bradleyi King

36.

Anopheles (Anopheles) crucians Weidemann

37.

Anopheles (Anopheles) earlei Vargas

38.

Anopheles (Anopheles) punctipennis (Say)

39.

Anopheles (Anopheles) quadrimaculatus Say

40.

Anopheles (Anopheles) walkeri Theobald

 

Genus Culex Linnaeus
41.

Culex (Culex) erraticus (Dyar and Knab) - see also second account
42.

Culex (Culex) pipiens Linnaeus , inclusive of pipiens and molestus forms- see also second account
43.

Culex (Culex) restuans Theobald

44.

Culex (Culex) salinarius Coquillett - see also second account
45.

Culex (Culex) tarsalis Coquillett - see also second account
46.

Culex (Neoculex) territans Walker

 

Genus Culiseta Felt
47.

Culiseta (Culicella) inornata (Williston)

48.

Culiseta (Climacura) melanura (Coquillett)

49.

Culiseta (Culicella) minnesotae Barr

50.

Culiseta (Culicella) morsitans (Theobald)

 

Genus Coquillettidia Dyar
51.

Coquillettidia (Coquillettidia) perturbans (Walker)

 

Genus Orthopodomyia Theobald
52.

Orthopodomyia (Orthopodomyia) alba Baker

53.

Orthopodomyia (Orthopodomyia) signifera (Coquillett)

 

Genus Psorophora Robineau-Desvoidy
54.

Psorophora (Psorophora) ciliata (Fabricius)

55.

Psorophora (Grabhamia) columbiae (Dyar and Knab)

56.

Psorophora (Janthinosoma) cyanescens (Coquillett)

57.

Psorophora (Grabhamia) discolor (Coquillett)

58.

Psorophora (Janthinosoma) ferox (von Humboldt)

59.

Psorophora (Psorophora) howardii Coquillett

60.

Psorophora (Janthinosoma) mathesoni Belkin and Heinemann

 

Genus Toxorhynchites Theobald
61.

Toxorhynchites (Lynchiella) rutilus septentrionalis (Dyar and Knab)

 

Genus Uranotaenia Lynch- Arribalzaga
62.

Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) sapphirina (Osten Sacken)

 

Genus Wyeomyia Theobald
63.

Wyeomyia (Wyeomyia) smithii (Coquillett)

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