Mosquito Species
& Distribution
in South Dakota


Mike Catangui
, Ph.D. -  Extension Entomologist


Scientific Name

Common Name

Known Distribution

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) campestris

Mosquito

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Aedes (Ochlerotatus) canadensis

Mosquito

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Aedes (Aedes) cinereus

Mosquito

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Aedes (Ochlerotatus) dorsalis

Mosquito

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Aedes (Ochlerotatus) flavescens

Mosquito

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Aedes (Ochlerotatus) dianteus

Mosquito

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Aedes (Ochlerotatus) excrucians

Mosquito

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Aedes (Ochlerotatus) fitchii

Mosquito

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Aedes (Ochlerotatus) idahoensis

Mosquito

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Aedes (Ochlerotatus) increpitus

Mosquito

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Aedes (Ochlerotatus) intrudens

Mosquito

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Aedes (Ochlerotatus) nigromaculis

Mosquito

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Aedes (Ochlerotatus) sollicitans

Saltmarsh Mosquito

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Aedes (Ochlerotatus) spencerii

Mosquito

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Aedes (Ochlerotatus) sticticus

Floodwater Mosquito

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Aedes (Ochlerotatus) stimulans

Mosquito

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Aedes (Ochlerotatus) trivittatus

Mosquito

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Aedes (Finlaya) triseriatus 

Treehole Mosquito

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Aedes (Aedimorphus) vexans 

Inland Floodwater Mosquito

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Anopheles (Anopheles) barberi

Mosquito

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Anopheles (Anopheles) earlei

Mosquito

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Anopheles (Anopheles) punctipennis

Mosquito

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Anopheles (Anopheles) quadrimaculatus

Common Malaria Mosquito

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Anopheles (Anopheles) walkeri

Mosquito

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Arthropodomyia signifera

Mosquito

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Culex (Culex) pipiens

Northern House Mosquito

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Culex (Culex) restuans

Mosquito

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Culex (Culex) salinarius

Mosquito

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Culex (Culex) tarsalis

Encephalitis Mosquito

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Culex (Neoculex) territans

Mosquito

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Culex (Melanoconion) erraticus

Mosquito

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Culiseta (Culiseta) impatiens

Mosquito

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Culiseta (Culiseta) incidens

Mosquito

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Culiseta (Culiseta) inornata

Mosquito

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Culiseta (Culicella) morsitans

Mosquito

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Mansonia (Coquillettidia) perturbans

Mosquito

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Psorophora (Psorophora) ciliata

Mosquito

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Psorophora (Janthinosoma) ferox

Mosquito

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Psorophora (Janthinosoma) horrida

Mosquito

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Psorophora (Janthinosoma) longipalpis

Mosquito

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Psorophora (Grabhamia) confinnis

Mosquito

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Psorophora (Grabhamia) signipennis

Mosquito

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Uranotaenia sapphirina

Mosquito

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References:

Gerhardt, R.  1966.
  South Dakota mosquitoes and their control.  South Dakota State University
                                Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 531.  Brookings.

SDSU Mosquito Surveillance


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                                                                                             Prepared and posted by Mike Catangui on May 29, 2002.
                                                                                             Copyright © 2003 by South Dakota Cooperative Extension Service.
                                                                                              All rights reserved. 
Last Updated on Wednesday July 9, 2003.