New Jersey's 63 Mosquito Species

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 25 October 2015.

A distribution map for each species can be found here (PDF).

Genus Aedes

1. Aedes (Ochlerotatus) abserratus (Felt and Young)
2. Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse)- see also second account and Morphological Comparisons with certain otherAedes
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 otherAedes
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)

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)