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 |
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Photo of Ae. albopictus by Ary Farajollahi |
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3. Aedes (Ochlerotatus) atlanticus Dyar and Knab |
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4. Aedes (Ochlerotatus) atropalpus (Coquillett) - see also second account and Morphological Comparisons with certain other Aedes |
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11. Aedes (Ochlerotatus) dupreei (Coquillet) |
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14. Aedes (Ochlerotatus) flavescens (Miller) |
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16. Aedes (Protomacleaya) hendersoni Cockerell |
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17. Aedes (Ochlerotatus) implicatus Vockeroth |
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18. Aedes (Ochlerotatus) infirmatus Dyar and Knab |
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19. Aedes (Ochlerotatus) intrudens Dyar |
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Photo of Ae. japonicus by Ary Farajollahi |
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21. Aedes (Ochlerotatus) mitchellae (Dyar) |
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22. Aedes (Rusticoides) provocans (Walker) |
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23. Aedes (Ochlerotatus) punctor (Kirby) |
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26. Aedes (Ochlerotatus) sticticus (Meigen) |
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29. Aedes (Ochlerotatus) thibaulti Dyar and Knab - see also second account |
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30. Aedes (Protomacleaya) triseriatus (Say) - see also second account and Morph Comparisons with certain other Aedes |
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32. Aedes (Aedimorphus) vexans (Anopheles MergenMeigen) - see also second account |
Genus Anopheles Meigen |
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33. Anopheles (Anopheles) atropos Dyar and Knab |
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34. Anopheles (Anopheles) barberi Couillett |
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35. Anopheles (Anopheles) bradleyi King |
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36. Anopheles (Anopheles) crucians Weidemann |
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37. Anopheles (Anopheles) earlei Vargas |
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38. Anopheles (Anopheles) punctipennis (Say) |
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40. Anopheles (Anopheles) walkeri Theobald |
Genus Culex Linnaeus |
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41. Culex (Culex) erraticus (Dyar and Knab) - see also second account |
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42. Culex (Culex) pipiens Linnaeus , inclusive of pipiens and molestus forms- see also second account |
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44. Culex (Culex) salinarius Coquillett - see also second account |
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45. Culex (Culex) tarsalis Coquillett - see also second account |
Genus Culiseta Felt |
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47. Culiseta (Culicella) inornata (Williston) |
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49. Culiseta (Culicella) minnesotae Barr |
Genus Coquillettidia Dyar |
Genus Orthopodomyia Theobald |
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52. Orthopodomyia (Orthopodomyia) alba Baker |
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Photo of Or. signifera by Ary Farajollahi |
Genus Psorophora Robineau-Desvoidy |
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54. Psorophora (Psorophora) ciliata (Fabricius) |
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56. Psorophora (Janthinosoma) cyanescens (Coquillett) |
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57. Psorophora (Grabhamia) discolor (Coquillett) |
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58. Psorophora (Janthinosoma) ferox (von Humboldt) |
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59. Psorophora (Psorophora) howardii Coquillett |
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60. Psorophora (Janthinosoma) mathesoni Belkin and Heinemann |
Genus Toxorhynchites Theobald |
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Photo of Toxorhynchites by Ary Farajollahi
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Genus Uranotaenia Lynch- Arribalzaga |
Genus Wyeomyia Theobald |

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Orthopodomyia (Orthopodomyia) signifera
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