Diptera: Mosquitos and Biting Flies


Catherine Zettel Nalen and Daniel Kline (USDA-ARS-CMAVE) compiled this list while surveying mosquitos for their study titled Effects of orientation on the efficacy of baited MosquitoMagnet-Experimental (MM-X) traps for catching Chrysops spp. (Diptera: Tabanidae) in two locations in North Central Florida. For more information on the study, see the Year end report, 2012 and Year end report, 2013.

Family: Culicidae Common Name: Mosquitos

Aedes aegypti

Yellow Fever Mosquito

Aedes albopictus

Tiger Mosquito

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) atlanticus

 

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) canadensis

Woodland Pool Mosquito

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) dupreei

 

 Aedes (Ochlerotatus) fulvus pallens

 

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) infirmatus

 

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) mitchellae

 

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) taeniorhynchus*

  

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) triseriatus

Eastern Treehole Mosquito

Aedes vexans

Inland Floodwater Mosquito

Anopheles crucians

 

Anopheles perplexans

   

Anopheles quadrimaculatus complex

  Common Malaria Mosquito

Culex coronator

   

Culex erraticus

 

Culex nigripalpus

   St. Louis Encephalitis Mosquito

Culex quinquefasciatus

   Southern House Mosquito

Culex restuans

   White-dotted Mosquito

Culex territans

 

Culex salinarius

   Unbanded Saltmarsh Mosquito

Culiseta melanura

Black-tailed Mosquito

Coquillettidia perturbans

   

Orthopodomyia signifera

 

Psorophora ciliata

    Gallnipper

Psorophora columbiae

Glades Mosquito

Psorophora ferox

White-footed Mosquito

Psorophora howardii

 

Toxorhynchites rutilus

 Elephant Mosquito
Family: Tabanidae Common Name: Biting Flies

Chrysops fuliginosus

 

Diachlorus ferrugatus

Yellow fly

Tabanus lineola

  

 

*These mosquitoes are one of the few migratory species, and were likely recorded passing through NATL. It is unlikely they have established a breeding population.