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Mosquitoes are considered among the most competent insect vectors to transmit pathogens to humans.Knowledge of the species of mosquitoes is crucial in designing and choosing the appropriate method to control mosquito species elsewhere.Mosquito species were surveyed and documented mosquito in northern Sudan an affected region by mosquito-borne diseases.Mosquitoes were collected in larvae and adult stages in different locations in the study area.A total of 4,803 mosquitoes including 9 species in 5 genera were recorded.Most of the mosquito collection represented Culex spp.(67%).The mosquito species were Anopheles arabiensis (n=1,473), An. pharoensis Theobald (n=9), Culex quinquefasciatus Say (n=1512), Cx. univittatus Theobald (n=1477), Cx. poicilipes Theobald (n=252), Cx. bitaeniorhynchus Giles (n=1), Aedes vexans Meigen (n=38), Lutzia tigripes de Grandpre & de Charmoy (n=17), and Ochlerotatus caspius Pallas (n = 24) This study provides a checklist of mosquitoes which is very important to design suitable control measures in northern Sudan and other regions with similar environmental settings.