Hairy Tundra Mosquito (Hairy Alpine Mosquito)

Aedes impiger (Ochlerotatus impiger)

General Status Rank: 
Secure
Common Name: 
Hairy Tundra Mosquito (Hairy Alpine Mosquito)
Scientific Name: 
Aedes impiger (Ochlerotatus impiger)
Synonyms: 
Ochlerotatus impiger
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Fly (Mosquito)
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Arthropoda
Class: 
Insecta
Order: 
Diptera
Family: 
Culicidae
General Biology
Canada Known Subspecies Count: 
0
Reproduction Frequency Per Year: 
0

Economic/Human Considerations

… in the Arctic, impiger and nigripes may be troublesome on warm days; probably because of its low temp threshold and its small size, it is (one of) the first species to emerge (e.g., at Churchill and Alaska), but those not attack in huge numbers like hexododontus at the tree line
References: 
B159
Habitat
eggs are usually placed where the pond will first thaw the following spring, adapted to cold and windy conditions.. Larvae have the lowing temp threshold of any northern species. Where nigripes occurs, impiger are found in small interconnecting ditches and puddles between polygons fromed by ice wedging, where nigripes does not occur, impiger will occupy larger tundra ponds
References: 
B159
Distribution

Ecozones

Arctic Cordillera, Northern Arctic, Southern Arctic, Taiga Plains, Taiga Shield
References: 
B159

Distribution

Score: 
G

Number of Occurrences

14 occurrences in all ecozones of NWT (B159); recentrly collected too: Yellowknife (2004), Ft Smith (2004), Ft Simpson (2004), Norman Wells (2005), not in 2011,2012,2013
Score: 
BE
References: 
B159
R161

Area of Occupancy

Score: 
-
Threats

Threats

Score: 
C

Intrinsic Vulnerability

Score: 
-
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Secure
Status Rank Description: 
widespread, but short season, low temperature threshold, very early species in the arctic
S Rank: 
S4S5
Decision Process Description: 
Based on printed reference and expert opinion: Aynsley Thielman, Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON (2009); Reviewed in 2014 by Fiona Hunter
Last Updated: 
May 12, 2016

References

Economic Status

  • Wood, D. M. Dang, P. T. and Ellis, R. A. (1979) The mosquitoes of Canada, Diptera:Culicidae. The Insects and arachnids of Canada: Part 6 Publication 1686 ENR library QL 434.52 .A1I5 pt. 6 - B159 Return

Ecozones

  • Wood, D. M. Dang, P. T. and Ellis, R. A. (1979) The mosquitoes of Canada, Diptera:Culicidae. The Insects and arachnids of Canada: Part 6 Publication 1686 ENR library QL 434.52 .A1I5 pt. 6 - B159 Return

Habitat

  • Wood, D. M. Dang, P. T. and Ellis, R. A. (1979) The mosquitoes of Canada, Diptera:Culicidae. The Insects and arachnids of Canada: Part 6 Publication 1686 ENR library QL 434.52 .A1I5 pt. 6 - B159 Return

Number of Occurrences

  • Wood, D. M. Dang, P. T. and Ellis, R. A. (1979) The mosquitoes of Canada, Diptera:Culicidae. The Insects and arachnids of Canada: Part 6 Publication 1686 ENR library QL 434.52 .A1I5 pt. 6 - B159 Return
  • The Canadian centre for mosquito management inc. (2005) A survey of adult mosquitoes from the Northwest Territories (Diptera:Culicidae) Identification by Randy Gadawski. unpublished report to B Elkin. Print in binder - R161 Return