Potential WNV Mosquito Vectors in South Dakota

Potential Mosquito Vectors
of the West Nile Virus
in South Dakota

Mike Catangui, Ph.D. - Extension Entomologist

Scientific Name	Common Name	Distribution	Biology
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) canadensis	Mosquito	map	bio
Aedes (Aedes) cinereus	Mosquito	map	bio
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) dorsalis	Mosquito	map	bio
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) sollicitans	Saltmarsh Mosquito	map	bio
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) trivittatus	Mosquito	map	bio
Aedes (Finlaya) triseriatus	Treehole Mosquito	map	bio
Aedes (Aedimorphus) vexans	Inland Floodwater Mosquito	map	bio
Anopheles (Anopheles) barberi	Mosquito	map	bio
Anopheles (Anopheles) punctipennis	Mosquito	map	bio
Anopheles (Anopheles) quadrimaculatus	Common Malaria Mosquito	map	bio
Culex (Culex) pipiens	Northern House Mosquito	map	bio
Culex (Culex) restuans	Mosquito	map	bio
Culex (Culex) salinarius	Mosquito	map	bio
Culex (Culex) tarsalis	Encephalitis Mosquito	map	bio
Culiseta (Culiseta) inornata	Mosquito	map	bio
Mansonia (Coquillettidia) perturbans	Mosquito	map	bio
Psorophora (Psorophora) ciliata	Mosquito	map	bio
Psorophora (Janthinosoma) ferox	Mosquito	map	bio
Uranotaenia sapphirina	Mosquito	map	bio

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 June 2, 2002.
                                                                                             Copyright © 2003 by South Dakota Cooperative Extension Service.
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