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- Kingdom - Animals - Animalia
  - Phylum - Spiders, Insects, and Crustaceans - Arthropoda
    - Class - Insects - Insecta
      - Order - True Flies - Diptera
        
        Family - Mosquitoes - Culicidae
        
        Species - Riparian Mosquito - Aedes riparius

Riparian Mosquito - Aedes riparius

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Global Rank: G5
State Rank: SNR

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- Dyar, H.G. 1917. Notes on the Aedes of Montana (Diptera: Culicidae). Insecutor Inscitle Menstruus. 5:104-121.
- Dyar, Harrison G. 1929. A new species of mosquito from Montana, with annotated list of the species known from the state. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington Smithsonian Institution Press. Vol. 75. Pages 2772-2797.
- Quickenden, K.L. 1972. Montana Mosquitoes Part I: Identification and Biology. State Department of Health and Environmental Sciences. Environmental Sciences Division. Helena, Montana. 34pp.
- Quickenden, K.L. 1979. Montana Mosquitoes Part I: Identification and Biology. State Department of Health and Environmental Sciences. Environmental Sciences Division. Helena, Montana. 34pp.
- Rolston, M.G., G.D. Johnson, and D.G. Hokit. 2016. A taxonomic checklist of the mosquitos of Montana with notes on new geographic distributions. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 32(4):326-328.
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Citation for data on this website:
Riparian Mosquito — Aedes riparius. MONTANA FIELD GUIDE™. Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved on October 9, 2026, from https://FieldGuide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=IIDIP7H140