We report the discovery of Aedes nigrinus (Eckstein. 1918) in the New Forest of southern England. bringing to 36 the number of mosquito species recorded in Britain. Because it seems that this species has been misidentified previously in Britain as the morphologically similar Aedes sticticus (Meigen. https://www.roneverhart.com/Sailytysastia-46x66x23-cm-49-2-L/