Entomology

The following 43 mosquito species list contains the species 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 10/29/04.

Mosquito Species
Aedes species	Aedes albopictus	Aedes aegypti	Aedes vexans
	Aedes cinereus
Anopheles species	Anopheles barberi	Anopheles atropos	Anopheles crucians/bradleyi
	Anopheles punctipennis		Anopheles quadrimaculatus
	Anopheles walkeri
Coquillettidia species	Coquillettidia perturbans
Culiseta species	Culiseta inornata	Culiseta melanura
Culex species	Culex erraticus	Culex nigripalpus	Culex pipiens
	Culex quinquefasciatus	Culex restuans	Culex salinarius
	Culex tarsalis	Culex territans
Deinocerites species	Deinocerites cancer
Ochlerotatus species	Ochlerotatus atropalpus	Ochlerotatus atlanticus/tormentor	Ochlerotatus canadensis
	Ochlerotatus cantator	Ochlerotatus dorsalis	Ochlerotatus fitchii
	Ochlerotatus infirmatus	Ochlerotatus japonicus	Ochlerotatus provocans
	Ochlerotatus sollicitans	Ochlerotatus sticticus	Ochlerotatus stimulans
	Ochlerotatus taeniorhynchus	Ochlerotatus triseriatus	Ochlerotatus trivittatus
Orthopodomyia species	Orthopodomyia signifera
Psorophora species	Psorophora ciliata	Psorophora columbiae	Psorophora ferox
	Psorophora howardii
Uranotaenia species	Uranotaenia sapphirina