Identification keys to larval and adult female mosquitoes (Diptera:Culicidae) of New Zealand

Keys are presented for the identification of larval and adult female life stages of the 12 endemic and four exotic mosquito species known for New Zealand (the keys are to species not genera). The keys include the recent arrival, Ochlerotatus (Ochlerotatus) camptorhynchus (Thomson), and a monotypic genus endemic to New Zealand. A number of Aedine subgenera have been recently raised to genus level (Reinert et al. 2004; Reinert & Harbach 2005) and old and new nomenclature are both given. The keys combine previously scattered information about the current New Zealand mosquito fauna and will assist future biosecurity surveillance and further studies involving mosquitoes as potential arbovirus vectors.