Species Identification Tables

Follow the links below to tables that list general identification characters for species included in this guide.

Larvae
Adults

** Please note that these tables are designed as a 'quick' reference quide to be used in conjuction with mosquito keys (see Darsie and Morris, 1988).

*** Adult tables were adapted from tables compiled by Alberta Jennings, Judy Knight and Hilda Lynn (FMEL).

larva

pupa

adult

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Genera Quick Keys
- Larvae,
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Identification Tables
Genera & Species
- Aedes
  - aegypti,
  - albopictus,
  - vexans
- Anopheles
  - crucians,
  - quadrimaculatus,
  - walkeri
- Coquillettidia
  - perturbans
- Culex
  - biscaynensis,
  - declarator,
  - erraticus,
  - nigripalpus,
  - pilosus,
  - quinquefasciatus,
  - restuans,
  - salinarius,
  - territans
- Deinocerites
  - cancer
- Mansonia
  - dyari,
  - titillans
- Ochlerotatus
  - bahamensis,
  - fulvus pallens,
  - infirmatus,
  - sollicitans,
  - taeniorhynchus,
  - tormentor,
  - triseriatus
- Orthopodomyia
  - signifera
- Psorophora
  - ciliata,
  - columbiae,
  - ferox,
  - johnstonii
- Toxorhynchites
  - rutilus
- Uranotaenia
  - lowii,
  - sapphirina
- Wyeomyia
  - mitchellii,
  - vanduzeei
Basic Mosquito Anatomy
References & Acknowledgements
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