Aedes & Ae aegypti Ae Ae vexans Oc Oc fulvus Oc Oc Oc taenio- Oc tormentor

Ochlerotatus albopictus bahamensis pallens infirmatus sollicitans rhynchus

dark with dark with dark with a

dark with yellow with dark with dark with
palps white tip; white tip; few white dark dark brown
white tip dark tip white tip white tip
clypeus white clypeus black scales on tip

dark with dark with

narrow white
yellow with broad cream-
proboscis dark dark dark dark dark ring at middle dark brown
dark tip colored ring (sometimes
at middle absent)

brown with a dark with dark with dark brown

dark with brown with yellow with 2
dark with brown with broad golden golden with a median
white lyre- many lines of large
scutum white median golden- incomplete scales; paler scales; paler stripe of white
shaped gold & white posterior or gold scales
stripe brown scales white median scales on scales on
pattern scales black spots (also on head)
stripe margin margin

brown with a
dark with dark with brown with yellow with brown with dark with dark with dark with
few patches
thorax patches of patches of patches of dark spot patches of narrow white patches of patches of
of whitish
white scales white scales white scales near spiracle white scales scales white scales white scales
scales

dark with dark with dark with

white basal dark with
dark with dark with white basal dark with yellow with basal dark with
bands & lateral
abdomen narrow white narrow white bands shaped narrow white dark apical triangular median
white basal
triangular
basal bands basal bands like an basal bands patches patches of longitudinal bands
pale patches
inverted ‘V’ white scales white stripe

wings dark dark dark dark yellow dark light & dark dark dark

dark with
yellow; lower white basal
dark with dark with dark with dark with dark with
tarsal bands; 1st
hind legs white basal white basal narrow white white basal dark tarsus with
white basal dark
segments
bands bands basal bands bands white ring at bands
dark
middle
 Aedes & Oc
Ochlerotatus triseriatus

palps dark

proboscis dark

dark with
scutum white scales
along sides

dark with
thorax patches of
white scales

dark with
abdomen lateral basal
pale patches

wings dark

hind legs dark

Anopheles crucians quadri- walkeri
maculatus

dark with
dark with
palps dark narrow white
white rings
rings

frontal tuft frontal tuft frontal tuft

occiput
pale pale dark

knob dark- knob dark- knob pale-

halter
scaled scaled scaled

light & dark dark scales,

scales; costa light & dark
often with 4
dark, wing tip scales; 4
wings white; 3 dark
more or less
distinct
spots on 6th distinct dark
darker spots
vein spots

dark with dark with dark with

hind legs pale ‘knee’ pale ‘knee’ pale ‘knee’
spots spots spots
 Culex biscaynensis declarator erraticus nigripalpus pilosus quinque- restuans salinarius territans
fasciatus

palps long & dark short & dark short & dark short & dark short & dark short & dark short & dark short & dark short & dark

dark with a
center with
narrow line
light erect
occiput of flat, ovate
forked scales,
scales
dark at sides
bordering eye

copper,
copper,
brown – sometimes
scutum brown brown dark dark straw sometimes light brown
copper with 2 pale
distinctly red
spots

dark brown
spots create dark with
pale, no very few dark with few small patches
striped small patches patches of patches of patches of
thorax patches of white scales, patches of of white
pattern; of white white scales white scales white scales
scales if present white scales scales
patches of scales
white scales
dark, dark with lateral dark with
dark, with dark with
dark with dark with sometimes white patches, dark with golden basal dark with
bronze or white basal
abdomen lateral white lateral white with narrow sometimes white basal bands; narrow apical
narrow basal blue-green bands shaped
patches patches white basal bands segment 7 bands
bands (<2 rows) reflection like an ‘M’
bands golden

proboscis
hind legs dark dark dark dark dark dark dark dark dark
wings
Mansonia & Ma dyari Ma titillans Cq
Coquillettidia perturbans
mostly dark;
mostly dark;
about ½
<1/3 length
palps length of speckled
of proboscis,
proboscis,
club-like
stem-like

dark with dark with dark with

narrow pale narrow pale broad pale
proboscis
ring beyond ring beyond ring at
middle middle middle

dark; margin dark; margin

of 7th of 7th
abdomen segment segment with dark
without row of short
spines spines

light & dark light & dark light & dark

scales; scales scales; scales scales; scales
wings
broad with broad with broad with
cut-off tip cut-off tip rounded tip

dark with
dark with dark with broad white
basal bands; 1st
hind legs narrow white narrow white tarsus has
basal bands basal bands white ring at
middle
Psorophora ciliata columbiae ferox

dark; 1/3
dark with fat
palps length of dark
tip
proboscis

dark with
yellowish; wide pale
proboscis dark
dark at tip ring at
middle

dark with dark with

longitudinal silvery- dark with
scutum
stripe of gold lavender golden scales
scales tinted scales

dark with dark with a

pale yellow
abdomen apical pale purplish
to brown
patches reflection

wings dark light & dark dark

dark with dark with

dark with
white basal purplish
white basal
hind legs bands; 1st refection;
bands;
tarsus with white
shaggy
middle band ‘booties’
Uranotaenia lowii sapphirina

palps dark dark

dark; fat at dark; fat at

proboscis
tip tip

stripe of
iridescent
scutum dark
sapphire blue
scales

pale with
pale with
dark spot and
thorax sapphire blue
a few pale
scales
blue scales

dark with
lateral patches
abdomen of pale dark
iridescent
scales

short stripe of long stripe of

pale blue pale blue
wings scales on scales on
stem of 5th stem of 5th
vein vein

dark with
dark with
pale ‘knee’
hind legs pale ‘knee’
spots; white
spots
‘booties’
 Wyeomyia mitchellii vanduzeei

palps dark dark

proboscis dark dark

antepronotum purple scales silver scales

hind legs dark dark