The mosquitoes of British Columbia and the Yukon

Dan has spent countless hours studying mosquitoes and is a BC and YT mosquito expert.

 

There are 51 species of mosquito known from BC

Aedes aboriginis
Aedes aloponotum
Aedes campestris
Aedes canadensis
Aedes cataphylla
Aedes cinereus
Aedes communis
Aedes decticus
Aedes diantaeus
Aedes dorsalis
Aedes euedes
Aedes excrucians
Aedes fitchii
Aedes flavescens
Aedes hendersoni
Aedes hexodontus
Aedes impiger
Aedes implicatus
Aedes increpitus
Aedes intrudens
Aedes japonicus japonicus
Aedes mercurator
Aedes melanimon
Aedes nevadensis
Aedes nigripes
Aedes pionips
Aedes provocans
Aedes pullatus
Aedes punctor
Aedes riparius
Aedes schizopinax
Aedes sierrensis
Aedes spencerii spencerii
Aedes spencerii idahoensis
Aedes sticticus
Aedes togoi
Aedes vexans vexans
Aedes vexans nipponii

Anopheles earlei
Anopheles freeborni
Anopheles punctipennis

Culex pipiens
Culex restuans
Culex tarsalis
Culex territans

Culiseta alaskaensis
Culiseta impatiens
Culiseta incidens
Culiseta inornata
Culiseta minnesotae
Culiseta morsitans
Culiseta particeps

Coquillettidia perturbans

 

Sources:
Peach, D.A.H., and Poirier, L.M. (2020) New distribution records of mosquitoes in northern British Columbia and the Yukon Territory. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia, 117:69-74.

Peach, D.A.H. (2018). An updated list of the mosquitoes of British Columbia, with distribution notes. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia, 115:126-129.

 

There are 33 species of mosquito known from YT

Aedes campestris
Aedes canadensis
Aedes cataphylla
Aedes cinereus
Aedes communis
Aedes decticus
Aedes diantaeus
Aedes euedes
Aedes excrucians
Aedes fitchii
Aedes flavescens
Aedes hexodontus
Aedes impiger
Aedes implicatus
Aedes intrudens
Aedes mercurator
Aedes nigripes
Aedes pionips
Aedes pullatus
Aedes punctor
Aedes riparius
Aedes spencerii spencerii
Aedes sticticus
Aedes vexans vexans

Anopheles earlei

Culex tarsalis
Culex territans

Culiseta alaskaensis
Culiseta impatiens
Culiseta incidens
Culiseta inornata
Culiseta morsitans

Coquillettidia perturbans

 

Sources:
Peach, D.A.H., McCann, S., and Belton, P. (2021) A guide to the mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of the Yukon. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification, 43.

Peach, D.A.H., and Poirier, L.M. (2020) New distribution records of mosquitoes in northern British Columbia and the Yukon Territory. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia, 117:69-74.

Peach, D.A.H. (2018). First record of Culex tarsalis Coquillett (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Yukon. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia, 115:123-125.

Peach, D.A.H. (2017). First record of Aedes (Ochlerotatus) spencerii (Theobald) (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Yukon. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia, 114:65-67.