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Culicidae of Wisconsin

Mosquitoes of Wisconsin

Species that are known or thought to occur within Wisconsin, including unrecorded species of special concern.

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Culicidae Species

Species List Count: 58
Species List Status: Incomplete/Uncertain

Subfamily Species Author Year Common Name uBio NCBI ITIS GBIF Wikipedia Bugguide Wisconsin Iowa North America Google Google Google Google
Anophelinae Anopheles barberi Coquillett, 1903 Ubio_sm Itis_sm Gbif_small Wikp_sm True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Anophelinae Anopheles crucians Wiedemann, 1828 Ubio_sm Ncbi_sm Itis_sm Gbif_small Wikp_sm Bugguide_sm True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Anophelinae Anopheles earlei Vargas, 1943 Ubio_sm Ncbi_sm Itis_sm Gbif_small Wikp_sm Bugguide_sm True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Anophelinae Anopheles punctipennis (Say, 1823) Woodland Malaria Mosquito Ubio_sm Ncbi_sm Itis_sm Gbif_small Wikp_sm Bugguide_sm True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Anophelinae Anopheles quadrimaculatus Say, 1823 Common Malaria Mosquito Ubio_sm Ncbi_sm Itis_sm Gbif_small Wikp_sm Bugguide_sm True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Anophelinae Anopheles walkeri Theobald, 1901 Ubio_sm Ncbi_sm Itis_sm Gbif_small Wikp_sm Bugguide_sm True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Aedes cinereus Meigen, 1818 Ubio_sm Ncbi_sm Itis_sm Gbif_small Wikp_sm Bugguide_sm True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Aedes vexans (Meigen, 1830) Inland Floodwater Mosquito Ubio_sm Ncbi_sm Itis_sm Gbif_small Wikp_sm Bugguide_sm True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Aedes vexans nipponii (Theobald 1907) Japanese Vexans Mosquito Ubio_sm Gbif_small True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Coquillettidia perturbans (Walker, 1856) Salt and Pepper Mosquito Ubio_sm Ncbi_sm Itis_sm Gbif_small Bugguide_sm True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Culex erraticus (Dyar and Knab, 1906) Ubio_sm Ncbi_sm Itis_sm Gbif_small Bugguide_sm True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Culex pipiens Linnaeus, 1758 Northern House Mosquito Ubio_sm Ncbi_sm Itis_sm Gbif_small Bugguide_sm True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Culex restuans Theobald, 1901 White Dotted Mosquito Ubio_sm Ncbi_sm Itis_sm Gbif_small Bugguide_sm True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Culex salinarius Coquillett, 1904 Ubio_sm Ncbi_sm Itis_sm Gbif_small Bugguide_sm True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Culex tarsalis Coquillett, 1896 Western Encephalitis Mosquito Ubio_sm Ncbi_sm Itis_sm Gbif_small Bugguide_sm True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Culex territans Walker, 1856 Ubio_sm Ncbi_sm Itis_sm Gbif_small Bugguide_sm True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Culiseta impatiens (Walker, 1848) Ubio_sm Ncbi_sm Itis_sm Bugguide_sm True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Culiseta inornata (Williston, 1893) Ubio_sm Itis_sm Bugguide_sm True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Culiseta melanura (Coquillett, 1902) Ubio_sm Ncbi_sm Itis_sm Gbif_small Bugguide_sm True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Culiseta minnesotae Barr, 1957 Ubio_sm Ncbi_sm Itis_sm Gbif_small Bugguide_sm True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Culiseta morsitans (Theobald, 1901) Ubio_sm Ncbi_sm Itis_sm Gbif_small True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Ochlerotatus abserratus (Felt and Young, 1904) Ubio_sm Ncbi_sm Itis_sm Bugguide_sm True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Ochlerotatus atropalpus (Coquillett, 1902) Rock-pool Mosquito Ubio_sm Ncbi_sm Itis_sm Gbif_small Bugguide_sm True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Ochlerotatus aurifer (Coquillett, 1903) Ubio_sm Ncbi_sm Itis_sm Gbif_small True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Ochlerotatus campestris (Dyar and Knab, 1907) Ubio_sm Itis_sm Gbif_small True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Ochlerotatus canadensis (Theobald, 1901) Ubio_sm Ncbi_sm Gbif_small Bugguide_sm True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Ochlerotatus communis (DeGeer, 1776) Ubio_sm Ncbi_sm Itis_sm Gbif_small Bugguide_sm True False True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Ochlerotatus decticus (Howard, 1917) Ubio_sm Itis_sm Gbif_small True False True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Ochlerotatus diantaeus (Howard, 1913) Itis_sm Gbif_small True False True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Ochlerotatus dorsalis (Meigen, 1830) Pale Marsh Mosquito Ubio_sm Itis_sm Gbif_small Bugguide_sm True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Ochlerotatus euedes (Howard, Dyar, Knab, 1913) Ubio_sm Itis_sm Gbif_small True False True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Ochlerotatus excrucians (Walker, 1856) Ubio_sm Ncbi_sm Itis_sm Gbif_small Bugguide_sm True False True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Ochlerotatus fitchii (Felt and Young, 1904) Itis_sm Bugguide_sm True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Ochlerotatus flavescens (Muller, 1764) Ubio_sm Itis_sm Gbif_small True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Ochlerotatus grossbecki (Dyar and Knab, 1906) Ubio_sm Ncbi_sm Itis_sm Gbif_small True False True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Ochlerotatus hendersoni (Cockrell, 1918) Ubio_sm Ncbi_sm Itis_sm Bugguide_sm True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Ochlerotatus implicatus (Vockeroth, 1954) Itis_sm Gbif_small True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Ochlerotatus intrudens (Dyar, 1919) Ubio_sm Ncbi_sm Itis_sm Gbif_small Bugguide_sm True False True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Ochlerotatus japonicus japonicus (Theobald, 1901) Japanese Rockpool Mosquito Ubio_sm Ncbi_sm Gbif_small Bugguide_sm True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Ochlerotatus nigromaculis (Ludlow, 1906) Ubio_sm Itis_sm True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Ochlerotatus pionips Dyar, 1919 Itis_sm Gbif_small True False True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Ochlerotatus provocans (Walker, 1848) Itis_sm Bugguide_sm True False True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Ochlerotatus punctor (Kirby, 1837) Ubio_sm Ncbi_sm Itis_sm Gbif_small True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Ochlerotatus riparius (Dyar and Knab, 1907) Itis_sm Gbif_small True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Ochlerotatus sollicitans (Walker, 1856) Eastern Salt Marsh Mosquito Ubio_sm Ncbi_sm Itis_sm Bugguide_sm True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Ochlerotatus spencerii (Theobald, 1901) Itis_sm True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Ochlerotatus sticticus (Meigen, 1838) Ubio_sm Ncbi_sm Itis_sm Gbif_small Wikp_sm True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Ochlerotatus stimulans (Walker, 1848) Woodland Mosquito Ubio_sm Ncbi_sm Itis_sm Wikp_sm Bugguide_sm True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Ochlerotatus triseriatus (Say, 1823) Eastern Tree Hole Mosquito Ubio_sm Ncbi_sm Itis_sm Wikp_sm Bugguide_sm True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Ochlerotatus trivittatus (Coquillett, 1902) Ubio_sm Ncbi_sm Itis_sm Bugguide_sm True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Orthopodomyia alba Baker, 1936 Ubio_sm Ncbi_sm Itis_sm Gbif_small True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Orthopodomyia signifera (Coquillett, 1896) Ubio_sm Itis_sm Gbif_small Bugguide_sm True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Psorophora ciliata (Fabricius, 1794) Ubio_sm Ncbi_sm Itis_sm Gbif_small Bugguide_sm True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Psorophora ferox (Humboldt, 1819) Woodland Mosquito Ubio_sm Ncbi_sm Itis_sm Gbif_small Bugguide_sm True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Psorophora horrida (Dyar and Knab, 1908) Ubio_sm Itis_sm True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Psorophora mathesoni Belkin and Heinemann, 1975 Ubio_sm Itis_sm Gbif_small True False True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Uranotaenia sapphirina (Osten Sacken, 1868) Ubio_sm Ncbi_sm Itis_sm Gbif_small Bugguide_sm True True True Books Scholar Text Images
Culicinae Wyeomyia smithii (Coquillett, 1901) Pitcherplant Mosquito Ubio_sm Ncbi_sm Itis_sm Gbif_small True False True Books Scholar Text Images

References

Pete DeVries, Susan Paskewitz, Lyric Bartholomay, Patrick Irwin, Tony Hughes

*Ochlerotatus grossbecki is a single specimen from the UW-Madison Arboretum

Indentification and Geographical Distribution of the Mosquitoes of North America, North of Mexico
Richard F. Darsie Jr., Ronald A Ward 2005
University Press of Florida
ISBN 0-8130-2784-5

Distribution, abundance, larval habitats, and phenology of Spring aedes mosquitoes in Wisconsin
Gilardi, Jeffrey W.; Hilsenhoff, William L.
Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters (1992) pp. 35-50

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.
Reinert JF. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Assocation. 2000 Sep;16(3):175-88
PMID: 11081644

Iowa Mosquitoes

Culicidae of Michigan

The Diptera Site: Culicidae

Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit: Systematic Catalog of the Culicidae

CDC: West Nile Virus Mosquito Species

Mosquito Genomics Server


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