Kinds of Culicidae

Mosquitoes

Justin Long & John Pickering
University of Georgia, Athens

Compiled from Nearctica

Scientific name -- Other names
Culicidae -- Mosquitoes
   Aedes aboriginis Dyar, 1917
   Aedes abserratus (Felt and Young, 1904) -- Woodland floodwater mosquito
   Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762) -- Yellow fever mosquito
   Aedes albopictus (Skuse, 1895) -- Asian tiger mosquito, Forest day mosquito
   Aedes aloponotum Dyar, 1917
   Aedes atlanticus Dyar and Knab, 1906 -- Woodland floodwater mosquito
   Aedes atropalpus (Coquillett, 1902)
   Aedes aurifer (Coquillett, 1903)
   Aedes bicristatus Thurman and Winkler, 1950
   Aedes bimaculatus (Coquillett, 1902)
   Aedes brelandi Zavortink, 1972
   Aedes burgeri Zavortink, 1972
   Aedes campestris Dyar and Knab, 1907
   Aedes canadensis (Theobald, 1901) -- Woodland pool mosquito
   Aedes cantator (Coquillett, 1903) -- Brown saltmarsh mosquito
   Aedes cataphylla Dyar, 1916 -- Woodland floodwater mosquito
   Aedes churchillensis Ellis and Brust, 1973
   Aedes cinereus Meigen, 1818 -- Small woodland mosquito
   Aedes clivis Lanzaro and Eldridge, 1992
   Aedes communis (De Geer, 1776) -- Woodland floodwater mosquito
   Aedes decticus Howard, Dyar, and Knab, 1917
   Aedes deserticola Zavortink, 1969 -- Western treehole mosquito
   Aedes diantaeus Howard, Dyar, and Knab, 1913
   Aedes dorsalis (Meigen, 1830) -- Medium-sized, Semi-arid mosquito
   Aedes dupreei (Coquillett, 1904)
   Aedes epactius Dyar and Knab, 1908
   Aedes euedes Howard, Dyar, and Knab, 1913
   Aedes excrucians (Walker, 1856) -- Woodland mosquito
   Aedes fitchii (Felt and Young, 1904) -- Woodland mosquito
   Aedes flavescens (Müller, 1764)
   Aedes fulvus_pallens (Wiedemann, 1828)
   Aedes grossbecki Dyar and Knab, 1906
   Aedes hendersoni Cockerell, 1918
   Aedes hexodontus (Dyar, 1916) -- Woodland floodwater mosquito
   Aedes impiger (Walker, 1848)
   Aedes implicatus Vockeroth, 1954
   Aedes increpitus Dyar, 1916 -- Woodland mosquito
   Aedes infirmatus Dyar and Knab, 1906
   Aedes intrudens Dyar, 1919
   Aedes kompi Vargas and Downs, 1950
   Aedes melanimon Dyar, 1924 -- Medium-sized saltmarsh mosquito
   Aedes mercurator Dyar, 1920
   Aedes mitchellae (Dyar, 1905)
   Aedes monticola Belkin and McDonald, 1957 -- Western treehole mosquito
   Aedes muelleri Dyar, 1920
   Aedes nevadensis Chapman and Barr, 1964
   Aedes nigripes (Zetterstedt, 1838)
   Aedes nigromaculis (Ludlow, 1906) -- Medium-sized pasture floodwater mosquito
   Aedes niphadopsis Dyar and Knab, 1918
   Aedes pionips Dyar, 1919
   Aedes provocans (Walker, 1848)
   Aedes pullatus (Coquillett, 1904) -- Woodland floodwater mosquito
   Aedes punctodes Dyar, 1922
   Aedes punctor (Kirby, 1837) -- Woodland floodwater mosquito
   Aedes purpureipes Aitken, 1941
   Aedes rempeli Vockeroth, 1954
   Aedes riparius Dyar and Knab, 1907
   Aedes scapularis (Rondani, 1848)
   Aedes schizopinax Dyar, 1929
   Aedes sierrensis (Ludlow, 1905) -- Western treehole mosquito
   Aedes sollicitans (Walker, 1856) -- Saltmarsh mosquito
   Aedes spencerii_idahoensis (Theobald, 1901) -- Praire floodwater mosquito
   Aedes spencerii_spencerii (Theobald, 1901) -- Praire floodwater mosquito
   Aedes squamiger (Coquillett, 1902)
   Aedes sticticus (Meigen, 1838) -- Floodwater mosquito
   Aedes stimulans (Walker, 1848) -- Woodland mosquito
   Aedes taeniorhynchus (Wiedemann, 1821) -- Black saltmarsh mosquito
   Aedes thelcter Dyar, 1918
   Aedes thibaulti Dyar and Knab, 1910
   Aedes togoi (Theobald, 1907)
   Aedes tormentor Dyar and Knab, 1906 -- Woodland floodwater mosquito
   Aedes tortilis (Theobald, 1903)
   Aedes triseriatus (Say, 1823) -- Eastern treehole mosquito
   Aedes trivittatus (Coquillett, 1902) -- Plains floodwater mosquito
   Aedes varipalpus (Coquillett, 1902) -- Western treehole mosquito
   Aedes ventrovittis Dyar, 1916 -- Black snow mosquito
   Aedes vexans (Meigen, 1830) -- Inland floodwater mosquito
   Aedes washinoi Lanzaro and Eldridge, 1992
   Aedes zoosophus Dyar and Knab, 1918
   Anopheles albimanus Wiedemann, 1820 -- Nyssorhynchus albimanus
   Anopheles atropos Dyar and Knab, 1906
   Anopheles barberi Coquillett, 1903
   Anopheles bradleyi King, 1939 -- Saltmarsh mosquito
   Anopheles crucians Wiedemann, 1828
   Anopheles earlei Vargas, 1943
   Anopheles franciscanus McCracken, 1904
   Anopheles freeborni Aitken, 1939
   Anopheles georgianus King, 1939 -- Fresh flood-water mosquito
   Anopheles hermsi Barr and Guptavanij, 1988
   Anopheles judithae Zavortink, 1969
   Anopheles occidentalis Dyar and Knab, 1906
   Anopheles perplexens Ludlow, 1907
   Anopheles pseudopunctipennis Theobald, 1901
   Anopheles punctipennis (Say, 1823)
   Anopheles quadrimaculatus Say, 1824 -- Common malaria mosquito
   Anopheles walkeri Theobald, 1901
   Coquillettidia perturbans (Walker, 1856) -- Mansonia perturbans
   Coquillettidia titillans (Walker, 1848) -- Mansonia titillans
   Culex abominator Dyar and Knab, 1909
   Culex anips Dyar, 1916
   Culex apicalis Adams, 1903
   Culex arizonensis Bohart, 1949
   Culex atratus Theobald, 1901
   Culex bahamensis Dyar and Knab, 1906
   Culex boharti Brookman and Reeves, 1950
   Culex chidesteri Dyar, 1912
   Culex coronator Dyar and Knab, 1906
   Culex declarator Dyar and Knab, 1906
   Culex erraticus (Dyar and Knab, 1906)
   Culex erythrothorax Dyar, 1907
   Culex interrogator Dyar and Knab, 1906
   Culex iolambdis Dyar, 1918
   Culex latisquama (Coquillett, 1906)
   Culex molestus Forskal, 1775
   Culex mulrennani Basham, 1948
   Culex nigripalpus Theobald, 1901
   Culex opisthopus Komp, 1926
   Culex peccator Dyar and Knab, 1909
   Culex peus Speiser, 1904
   Culex pilosus (Dyar and Knab, 1906)
   Culex pipiens Linnaeus, 1758 -- House mosquito
   Culex quinquefasciatus Say, 1823
   Culex reevesi Wirth, 1948
   Culex restuans Theobald, 1901 -- White-dotted mosquito
   Culex salinarius Coquillett, 1904 -- Unbanded saltmarsh mosquito
   Culex stigmatosoma Dyar, 1907
   Culex tarsalis Coquillett, 1896
   Culex territans Walker, 1856
   Culiseta alaskaensis (Ludlow, 1906)
   Culiseta impatiens (Walker, 1848)
   Culiseta incidens (Thomson, 1869)
   Culiseta inornata (Williston, 1893)
   Culiseta melanurus (Coquillett, 1902) -- Black-tailed mosquito, Climacura melanura
   Culiseta minnesotae Barr, 1957 -- Culiseta silvestris
   Culiseta morsitans (Theobald, 1901)
   Culiseta particeps (Adams, 1903)
   Deinocerites cancer Theobald, 1901
   Deinocerites mathesoni Belkin and Hogue, 1959
   Deinocerites pseudes Dyar and Knab, 1909
   Haemagogus equinus Theobald, 1903
   Mansonia dyari Belkin, 1970
   Orthopodomyia alba Baker, 1936
   Orthopodomyia kummi Edwards, 1939
   Orthopodomyia signiferus (Coquillett, 1896)
   Psorophora ciliata (Fabricius, 1794) -- Gallinipper
   Psorophora columbiae (Dyar and Knab, 1906) -- Dark rice field mosquito
   Psorophora cyanescens (Coquillett, 1902)
   Psorophora discolor (Coquillett, 1903)
   Psorophora ferox (Humboldt, 1819) -- White-footed woods mosquito
   Psorophora horridus (Dyar and Knab, 1908) -- Psorophora horrida
   Psorophora howardii Coquillett, 1901
   Psorophora johnstonii (Grabham, 1905)
   Psorophora longipalpus Randolph and O'Neill, 1944
   Psorophora mathesoni Belkin, 1975
   Psorophora mexicanus (Bellardi, 1859)
   Psorophora pygmaea (Theobald, 1903)
   Psorophora signipennis (Coquillett, 1904)
   Psorophora varipes (Coquillett, 1904)
   Toxorhynchites rutilus (Coquillett, 1896)
   Uranotaenia anhydor Dyar, 1907
   Uranotaenia lowii Theobald, 1901
   Uranotaenia sapphirina (Osten Sacken, 1868)
   Wyeomyia haynei Dodge, 1947
   Wyeomyia mitchellii (Theobald, 1905)
   Wyeomyia smithii (Coquillett, 1901)
   Wyeomyia vanduzeei Dyar and Knab, 1906

Updated: 2006-11-02 17:14:33

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