VIRGINIA MOSQUITO CONTROL ASSOCIATION
MOSQUITOES OF VIRGINIA
REVISED CHECKLIST of MOSQUITO SPECIES in VIRGINIA 2003
| Aedes aegypti (L.) | Orthopodomyla alba (Baker) | |
| Aedes albopictus (Skuse)
-NV Stegomyia albopicta |
Culiseta inornata (Williston) | Orthopodomyla signifera (Coquillett) -NV |
| Aedes cinereus (Meigen) | Culiseta melanura (Coquillett) -NV | |
| Aedes vexans (Meigen) -NV | ||
| Ochlerotatus atlanticus (Dyar & Knab) -NV | Psorophora ciliata (Fabricius) | |
| Ochlerotatus atropalpus (Coquillett) | Psorophora columbiae (Dyar & Knab) -N | |
| Anopheles atropos (Dyar &Knab) | Ochlerotatus aurifer (Coquillett) -V | Psorophora cyanescens (Coquillett) |
| Anopheles barberi (Coquillett) | Ochlerotatus c. canadensis (Theobald) -NV | Psorophora discolor (Coquillett) |
| Anopheles bradleyi (King) | Ochlerotatus cantator (Coquillett) | Psorophora ferox (von Humboldt) -NV |
| Anopheles crucians (Wiedemann) -NV | Ochlerotatus dupreei (Coquillett) | Psorophora horrida (Dyar & Knab) |
| Anopheles punctipennis (Say) -NV | Ochlerotatus fulvus pallens (ROSS) | Psorophora howardii (Coquillett) |
| Anopheles quadrimaculatus (Say) | Ochlerotatus grossbecki (Dyar & Knab) -V | Psorophora mathesoni (Belkin & Heinemann) |
| Anopheles smaragdinus (Reinert) | Ochlerotatus hendersoni (Cockerell) | |
| Anopheles walkeri (Theobald) | Ochlerotatus infirmatus (Dyar & Knab) -NV | Toxorhynchites rutilus septentrionalis (Dyar & Knab) |
| Ochlerotatus japonicus (Theobald) | ||
| Coquillettidia perturbans (Walker) -NV | Ochlerotatus mitchellae (Dyar) | Uranotaenia sapphirina (Osten Sacken) -NV |
| Culex tarsalis (Coquillett) | Ochlerotatus sollicitans (Walker) | |
| Culex erraticus (Dyar & Knab) -NV | Ochlerotatus sticticus (Meigen) | Wyeomyia smithii (coquillett) |
| Culex peccator (Dyar & Knab) | Ochlerotatus stimilans (Walker) | |
| Culex pipiens (L.) -NV | Ochlerotatus taeniorhynchus (Wiedemann) | |
| Culex quinquefasciatus (Say) | Ochlerotatus thibaulti (Dyar & Knab) -NV | |
| Culex restuans (Theobald) -NV | Ochlerotatus tormentor (Dyar & Knab) | |
| Culex salinarius (Coquillett) -NV | Ochlerotatus triseriatus (Say) -NV | |
| Culex territans (Walker) -NV | Ochlerotatus trivittatus (Coquillett) -V |
Species with a "N" (=North Carolina) or a "V" (=Virginia) following the author(s) name(s) are species that were collected around the periphery of the Great Dismal Swamp in 1998.
Species found recently in Virginia Culex tarsalis November 6, 2003 and Psorophora horrida July 5, 2003. Two significate finds ...you can read about on NEWS page.
Dr. J.F. Reinert has published a paper in which he elevates the subgenus Ochlerotatus to generic rank, displacing the name Aedes.
New Classification for the Composite Genus Aedes (Diptera:Culicidae:Aedini), Elevation of Subgenus Ochlerotatus to Generic Rank, Reclassification of the other Subgenera, and Notes on Certain Subgenera and Species by J.F. Reinert, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Published in Mosquito News Volume 16 Number 3, September 2000.
Aedes japonicus japonicus
Ochlerotatus japonicus has now been found in northern Virginia. It was discovered by Ben Mclaurlin in Prince William County. This mosquito species is a day/late afternoon biter and container breeder. It might not readily come to traps and the most likely way to find them may be by catching the ones that happen to land on you when you visit potential problem areas. This species may play a big role in WNV transmission.
Dr. David Gaines
Shows Life Cycle Adult Culex. Laying Raft of Eggs
Mosquito Eggs Mosquito Larva Emerging Adult Adult Aedes albopictus
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