USA Mosquito Species
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LIST OF COMMON MOSQUITO SPECIES IN THE USA

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Managing for West Nile Virus Infection in the USA
FULL CONTENTS
WNV Disease
West Nile virus
Mosquito Habitats Click image for list of Mosquito Habitats associated with WN virus spread in the USA
WNV   Management  Techniques
Further Reading

DIRECTORY: Organisations providing information on West Nile Virus in the USA

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Anopheline Mosquitoes
  • Anopheles albimanus -
  • Anopheles crucians -
  • Anopheles franciscanus -
  • Anopheles freeborni - 
  • Anopheles hernsi -
  • Anopheles pseudopunctipennis -
  • Anopheles punctipennis - 
  • Anopheles quadrimaculatus -  Common malaria mosquito
  • Anopheles walkeri - 

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Culicine Mosquitoes
  • Aedes aegypti - Yellow fever mosquito
  • Aedes albopictus - Asian tiger mosquito
  • Aedes atlanticus - a "woodland floodwater" mosquito
  • Aedes canadensis - Woodland pool mosquito
  • Aedes cantator - Brown saltmarsh mosquito
  • Aedes dorsalis - a "medium-sized arid / semi-arid" mosquito
  • Aedes nigromaculis - a "medium-sized pasture floodwater" mosquito
  • Aedes punctor - a "woodland floodwater" mosquito
  • Aedes sollicitans - Saltmarsh mosquito
  • Aedes spencerii -  a "praire floodwater" mosquito
  • Aedes sticticus - Floodwater mosquito
  • Aedes stimulans - a "woodland" mosquito
  • Aedes taeniorhynchus - Black saltmarsh mosquito
  • Aedes triseriatus - Eastern treehole mosquito
  • Aedes tormentor - a "woodland floodwater" mosquito
  • Aedes trivittatus  - a "plains floodwater" mosquito
  • Aedes varipalpus - a "western treehole" mosquito
  • Aedes vexans - Inland floodwater mosquito
  • Coquillettidia perturbans - Irritating mosquito
  • Culex erraticus - 
  • Culex nigripalpus -
  • Culex pipiens complex - Northern and Southern house mosquitoes
  • Culex restuans - White dotted mosquito
  • Culex salinarius  - Unbanded saltmarsh mosquito
  • Culex stigmatosoma - 
  • Culex tarsalis -
  • Culex territans -
  • Culiseta incidens -
  • Culiseta inornata -
  • Culiseta melanura - Black-tailed mosquito
  • Psorophora ciliata - Gallinipper
  • Psorophora columbiae - Dark rice field mosquito
  • Psorophora cyanescens -
  • Psorophora discolor -
  • Psorophora ferox - White-footed woods mosquito
  • Psorophora horrida -
  • Psorophora howardii-
  • Psorophora signipennis -
  • Psorophora varipes-

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Toxorhynchites and other Mosquitoes
  • Deinocerites cancer -
  • Deinocerites mathesoni -
  • Deinocerites pseudes -
  • Mansonia titillans -
  • Orthopodomyia alba -
  • Orthopodomyia signifera -
  • Toxorhynchites rutilus -
  • Toxorhynchites septentrionalis -
  • Uranotaenia sapphirinia -

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