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REMAINING (number with state)
Abdomen with scales present
Yes (151)
No (16)
Acrostichal setae
Present (116)
Not present (35)
Antenna and proboscis
Antenna shorter than proboscis (83)
Antenna longer than proboscis (9)
Antennal flagellomere relative size
First and second about same length (164)
First twice as long as second (3)
Antepronotum color
Dark (105)
Light (49)
Anteprotunum size and proximity, top view
Small, far apart (162)
Large, close together (5)
Base of vein 4 5 scale color
Dark (1)
Pale (1)
Base of vein A scale color
Pale (2)
Dark (1)
Coxa 1 scale color
Pale (62)
Some pale, some brown (59)
Brown (38)
Hypostigmal area color
Dark appearance (84)
Light appearance or covered in pale scales (61)
Iridescent blue patches of scales present on the thorax
No (156)
Yes (9)
Leg color, last 3 to 4 tarsomeres
With pale rings (74)
Solid dark legs (35)
Some solid pale tarsomeres, some solid dark tarsomeres (24)
Mostly metallically scaled (20)
Pale and dark scales intermixed (17)
Solid pale legs (10)
Location of spiracular bristles
Postspiracular area (81)
None present (36)
Prespiracular and postspiracular area (23)
Prespiracular area (11)
Main scale attributes on scutum
Not broad, not metallic (126)
Broad, metallic (31)
Mesanepimeron
With a patch of scales, na437 (1)
Without scales (1)
Mesopostnotum setae present
No (146)
Yes (17)
Pale rings on last 3-4 tarsomeres
No pale rings (93)
At tip of tarsomeres (70)
Not at tip of tarsomeres, fl181 (4)
Posterior wing edge shape
Slight or no indenture at vein Cu-2 (166)
Large indenture at vein Cu-2 (1)
Proboscis length compared to
Same length, slight or no recurve (166)
Long, recurved (1)
Range
North America WEST (135)
North America EAST (100)
Canada (71)
Range in Canada
Ontario (56)
Quebec (53)
British Columbia (48)
Manitoba (47)
Alberta (43)
Saskatchewan (41)
Northwest Territories (28)
New Brunswick (27)
Yukon (27)
Labrador (26)
Nova Scotia (26)
Prince Edward Island (18)
Newfoundland (16)
Range in U.S.A.
Texas (79)
Florida (66)
Georgia (58)
Illinois (58)
Michigan (58)
Oklahoma (58)
Maryland (57)
New York (57)
Ohio (57)
Louisiana (56)
New Jersey (56)
Alabama (55)
South Carolina (55)
Indiana (53)
Mississippi (53)
Delaware (52)
Missouri (52)
North Carolina (52)
Kansas (51)
Kentucky (51)
Minnesota (51)
New Mexico (51)
Pennsylvania (51)
Virginia (51)
Wisconsin (51)
Idaho (50)
Nebraska (50)
Tennessee (50)
Arkansas (49)
Iowa (49)
California (47)
Oregon (47)
Wyoming (46)
Arizona (45)
Massachusetts (45)
Montana (45)
Utah (45)
New Hampshire (44)
Washington (44)
Connecticut (41)
Colorado (40)
South Dakota (40)
Maine (37)
District of Columbia (35)
Nevada (35)
Alaska (33)
North Dakota (31)
Rhode Island (31)
Vermont (28)
West Virginia (25)
Puerto Rico (1)
Relative length of flagellomeres 1 and 2
1 and 2 about same length (138)
1 longer than 2 (14)
Relative lengths of tarsomeres of fore- and midlegs
1 shorter than other 4 combined (149)
1 longer than other 4 combined (3)
Relative location of the bases of the hindcoxa and mesomeron
Hindcoxa distinctly closer to the bottom side (161)
Lined-up evenly (4)
Relative width of abdomen segments 6 and 7
6 much wider than 7 (71)
Nearly equal (71)
Resting position
Body parallel to the surface (150)
Body at an angle with surface (17)
Scale pattern of the palpi
Completely dark-scaled (60)
Pale-scaled rings (41)
Intermittent pale scales (34)
Metalic-scaled rings (14)
Scales on the occiput, top, back of head
Narrow and curved (96)
Broad and flat (51)
Scales on the proboscis
Dark-scaled throughout (67)
With metallic scales (29)
Non-ringed mixture of pale and dark (21)
With pale rings (17)
Mostly pale throughout, an barberi (14)
Scutal setae shape
Thick and long (87)
Thin and short (73)
Not present (17)
Scutellum shape and setae distribution
Trilobed, setae in 3 patches (150)
Rounded, evenly distributed (17)
Scutum color pattern
Pale pattern on dark background (114)
Solid dark (13)
Dark pattern on pale background (8)
Scutum with longitudinal line of metallic scales
No (1)
Yes (1)
Scutum with thin, pale, vertical lines
No (162)
Yes (5)
Setae between the eyes, tgma2
All pale (89)
None present (27)
All dark (24)
Some dark, some pale (18)
Subgenus
Ochlerotatus (68)
Anopheles (16)
Culex (15)
Melanoconion (9)
Not specified (8)
Janthinosoma (7)
Culiseta (5)
Neoculex (5)
Protomacleaya (5)
Grabhamia (4)
Wyeomyia (4)
Mansonia (3)
Culicella (2)
Psorophora (2)
Stegomyia (2)
Uranotaenia (2)
Aedes (1)
Aedimorphus (1)
Climacura (1)
Finlaya (1)
Kompia (1)
Nyssorhynchus (1)
Pseudoficalbia (1)
Rusticoidus (1)
Tinolestes (1)
Tarsomere 4 of fore- and midlegs relative width and length
Longer than it is wide (164)
Almost as short as wide (3)
Top abdominal terga scale pattern
Anterior pale scale spots or band (110)
Solid scale pattern (32)
Posterior pale scale spots or band (20)
Top view of abdomen segment 7
Bluntly rounded (99)
Tapered (60)
Vector of Cache Valley Virus
No (164)
Yes (3)
Vector of California Encephalitis
No (165)
Yes (2)
Vector of Eastern Equine Encephalitis
No (159)
Yes (8)
Vector of Jamestown Canyon Virus
No (159)
Yes (8)
Vector of La Crosse Virus
No (161)
Yes (6)
Vector of St. Louis Encephalitis
No (161)
Yes (6)
Vector of West Nile Virus
No (130)
Yes (37)
Vector of Western Equine Encephalitis
No (164)
Yes (3)
Vector of dengue
No (165)
Yes (2)
Vector of dog heartworm
No (163)
Yes (4)
Vector of filariasis
No (165)
Yes (2)
Vector of yellow fever
No (165)
Yes (2)
Wing bottom, base of vein Sc with setae
No (70)
Yes (70)
Wing length
About 2.5 mm (1)
About 2.9 mm (1)
Wing scale color pattern
Mostly dark (92)
Dark and pale scales (24)
Mostly pale (19)
Pale with dark patches (15)
Dark with pale patches (3)
Wing top side and posterior edge color
Checked (69)
Mostly dark (54)
Mostly pale (43)
Wing top, relative length of cell R-2 and vein R-2,3
Cell R-2 at least as long as vein R-2,3 (164)
Cell R-2 shorter than vein R-2,3 (3)
Wing top, scale shape on radial sector and media
Thin, pointed or round at tip (143)
Broad, not pointed at tip (23)