Entomology

Identification guide to medically important mosquitoes of Louisiana

62 Mosquito species have been found in West Nile positive* mosquito pools in the United States since 1999.

* from which West Nile virus isolated, West Nile RNA detected, or West Nile antigen detected using a variety of diagnostic tests.

Data were obtained by CDC field investigations or were reported by state surveillance programs to ArboNET as of 04/13/2007.

Mosquito Species producing WNV positives by year
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total list - all years Mosquito Species producing WNV positives
1	Aedes	Aedes aegypti
2		Aedes albopictus
3		Aedes atlanticus/tormentor
4		Aedes atropalpus
5		Aedes canadensis
6		Aedes cantator
7		Aedes cinereus
8		Aedes condolescens*
9		Aedes dorsalis
10		Aedes dupreei
11		Aedes fitchii
12		Aedes fulvus pallens
13		Aedes grossbecki
14		Aedes infirmatus
15		Aedes japonicus
16		Aedes melanimon
17		Aedes nigromaculis
18		Aedes provocans
19		Aedes sollicitans
20		Aedes squamiger
21		Aedes sticticus
22		Aedes stimulans
23		Aedes taeniorhynchus
24		Aedes triseriatus
25		Aedes trivittatus
26		Aedes vexans
27	Anopheles	Anopheles atropos
28		Anopheles barberi
29		Anopheles crucians/bradleyi
30		Anopheles franciscanus
31		Anopheles freeborni
32		Anopheles hermsi
33		Anopheles punctipennis
34		Anopheles quadrimaculatus
35		Anopheles walkeri
36	Coquillettidia	Coquillettidia perturbans
37	Culex	Culex apicalis
38		Culex coronator
39		Culex erraticus
40		Culex erythrothorax
41		Culex nigripalpus
42		Culex pipiens
43		Culex quinquefasciatus
44		Culex restuans
45		Culex salinarius
46		Culex stigmatosoma
47		Culex tarsalis
48		Culex territans
49		Culex thriambus
50	Culiseta	Culiseta incidens
51		Culiseta impatiens
52		Culiseta inornata
53		Culiseta melanura
54		Culiseta morsitans
55	Deinocerites	Deinocerites cancer
56	Mansonia	Mansonia tittilans
57	Orthopodomyia	Orthopodomyia signifera
58	Psorophora	Psorophora ciliata
59		Psorophora columbiae
60		Psorophora ferox
61		Psorophora howardii
62	Uranotaenia	Uranotaenia sapphirina
*detected in Monroe County, FL 2003, not in ArboNET
top1999 - Species producing WNV positives
1	Aedes	Aedes vexans
2	Culex	Culex pipiens
3		Culex restuans*
4		Culex salinarius*
*these species were contained in positive pools only in combination with other Culex species
top 2000 - Species producing WNV positives
1	Aedes	Aedes albopictus
2		Aedes atropalpus
3		Aedes canadensis
4		Aedes cantator
5		Aedes japonicus
6		Aedes triseriatus
7		Aedes trivittatus
8		Aedes vexans
9	Anopheles	Anopheles punctipennis
10	Culex	Culex pipiens
11		Culex restuans
12		Culex salinarius
13	Culiseta	Culiseta melanura
14	Psorophora	Psorophora ferox
top2001 - Species producing WNV positives
1	Aedes	Aedes albopictus
2		Aedes atlanticus/tormentor
3		Aedes canadensis
4		Aedes cantator
5		Aedes cinereus
6		Aedes japonicus
7		Aedes sollicitans
8		Aedes taeniorhynchus
9		Aedes triseriatus
10		Aedes trivittatus
11		Aedes vexans
12	Anopheles	Anopheles atropos
13		Anopheles barberi
14		Anopheles crucians
15		Anopheles punctipennis
16		Anopheles quadrimaculatus
17	Coquillettidia	Coquillettidia perturbans
18	Culex	Culex nigripalpus
19		Culex pipiens
20		Culex quinquefasciatus
21		Culex restuans
22		Culex salinarius
23	Culiseta	Culiseta melanura
24	Deinocerites	Deinocerites cancer
25	Orthopodomyia	Orthopodomyia signifera
26	Psorophora	Psorophora columbiae
27	Uranotaenia	Uranotaenia sapphirina
top2002 - Species producing WNV positives
1	Aedes	Aedes aegypti
2		Aedes albopictus
3		Aedes canadensis
4		Aedes cantator
5		Aedes japonicus japonicus
6		Aedes sollicitans
7		Aedes taeniorhynchus
8		Aedes triseriatus
9		Aedes trivittatus
10		Aedes vexans
11	Anopheles	Anopheles barberi
12		Anopheles crucians
13		Anopheles punctipennis
14		Anopheles quadrimaculatus
15		Anopheles walkeri
16	Coquillettidia	Coquillettidia perturbans
17	Culex	Culex erraticus
18		Culex nigripalpus
19		Culex pipiens
20		Culex quinquefasciatus
21		Culex restuans
22		Culex salinarius
23		Culex tarsalis
24	Culiseta	Culiseta inornata
25		Culiseta melanura
26	Orthopodomyia	Orthopodomyia signifera
27	Psorophora	Psorophora ciliata
28		Psorophora columbiae
29	Uranotaenia	Uranotaenia sapphirina
top2003 - Species producing WNV positives
1	Aedes	Aedes aegypti
2		Aedes albopictus
3		Aedes cinereus
4		Aedes canadensis
		Aedes dorsalis
6
7		Aedes fitchii
8		Aedes grossbecki
9		Aedes infirmatus
10		Aedes japonicus
11		Aedes nigromaculis
12		Aedes provocans
13		Aedes sticticus
14		Aedes stimulans
15		Aedes taeniorhynchus
16		Aedes triseriatus
17		Aedes trivittatus
18		Aedes vexans
19	Anopheles	Anopheles crucians
20		Anopheles franciscanus
21		Anopheles punctipennis
22		Anopheles quadrimaculatus
23		Anopheles walkeri
24	Coquillettidia	Coquillettidia perturbans
25	Culex	Culex coronator
26		Culex erraticus
27		Culex erythrothorax
28		Culex nigripalpus
29		Culex pipiens
30		Culex quinquefasciatus
31		Culex restuans
32		Culex salinarius
33		Culex tarsalis
34		Culex territans
35	Culiseta	Culiseta impatiens
36		Culiseta inornata
37		Culiseta melanura
38		Culiseta morsitans
39	Psorophora	Psorophora columbiae
40		Psorophora ferox
41		Psorophora howardii
42	Uranotaenia	Uranotaenia sapphirina
* from Monroe county FL, not included in ArboNET records
top2004 - Species producing WNV positives
1	Aedes	Aedes aegypti
2		Aedes albopictus
3		Aedes atlanticus
4		Aedes canadensis
5		Aedes dorsalis
6		Aedes dupreei
7		Aedes fulvus pallens
8		Aedes japonicus
9		Aedes melanimon
10		Aedes nigromaculis
11		Aedes sollicitans
12		Aedes squamiger
13		Aedes sticticus
14		Aedes triseriatus
15		Aedes trivittatus
16		Aedes vexans
17	Anopheles	Anopheles crucians
18		Anopheles franciscanus
19		Anopheles freeborni
20		Anopheles hermsi
21		Anopheles punctipennis
22		Anopheles quadrimaculatus
23		Anopheles walkeri
24	Coquillettidia	Coquillettidia perturbans
25	Culex	Culex apicalis
26		Culex coronator
27		Culex erraticus
28		Culex erythrothorax
29		Culex nigripalpus
30		Culex pipiens
31		Culex quinquefasciatus
32		Culex restuans
33		Culex salinarius
34		Culex stigmatosoma
35		Culex tarsalis
36		Culex thriambus
37	Culiseta	Culiseta incidens
38		Culiseta inornata
39		Culiseta melanura
40		Culiseta morsitans
41	Mansonia	Mansonia tittilans
42	Psorophora	Psorophora columbiae
43		Psorophora ferox
44		Psorophora howardii
45	Uranotaenia	Uranotaenia sapphirina
top2005 - Species producing WNV positives
1	Aedes	Aedes albopictus
2		Aedes dorsalis
3		Aedes infirmatus
4		Aedes japonicus
5		Aedes melanimon
6		Aedes nigromaculis
7		Aedes sollicitans
8		Aedes taeniorhynchus
9		Aedes triseriatus
10		Aedes trivittatus
11		Aedes vexans
12	Anopheles	Anopheles franciscanus
13		Anopheles freeborni
14		Anopheles punctipennis
15		Anopheles quadrimaculatus
16	Coquillettidia	Coquillettidia perturbans
17	Culex	Culex coronator
18		Culex erraticus
19		Culex erythrothorax
20		Culex nigripalpus
21		Culex pipiens
22		Culex quinquefasciatus
23		Culex restuans
24		Culex salinarius
25		Culex stigmatosoma
26		Culex tarsalis
27		Culex territans
28		Culex thriambus
29	Culiseta	Culiseta incidens
30		Culiseta inornata
31		Culiseta melanura
32	Mansonia	Mansonia tittilans
33	Psorophora	Psorophora columbiae
34	Uranotaenia	Uranotaenia sapphirina
top2006 - Species producing WNV positives
1	Aedes	Aedes albopictus
2		Aedes aegypti
3		Aedes canadensis
4		Aedes japonicus
5		Aedes melanimon
6		Aedes taeniorhynchus
7		Aedes triseriatus
8		Aedes trivittatus
9		Aedes vexans
10	Anopheles	Anopheles barberi
11		Anopheles franciscanus
12		Anopheles freeborni
13		Anopheles punctipennis
14		Anopheles quadrimaculatus
15	Coquillettidia	Coquillettidia perturbans
16	Culex	Culex apicalis
17		Culex coronator
18		Culex erraticus
19		Culex erythrothorax
20		Culex nigripalpus
21		Culex pipiens
22		Culex quinquefasciatus
23		Culex restuans
24		Culex salinarius
25		Culex stigmatosoma
26		Culex tarsalis
27		Culex territans
28	Culiseta	Culiseta incidens
29		Culiseta inornata
30		Culiseta melanura
32	Psorophora	Psorophora columbiae
33		Psorophora ferox