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Leptoconops americanus
Leptoconops andersoni
Leptoconops arnaudi
Leptoconops asilomar
Leptoconops atchleyi
Leptoconops australiensis
Leptoconops belkini
Leptoconops bequaerti
Leptoconops borealis
Leptoconops californiensis
Leptoconops carteri
Leptoconops catawbae
Leptoconops floridensis
Leptoconops foulki
Leptoconops freeborni
Leptoconops irritans
Leptoconops kerteszi
Leptoconops knowltoni
Leptoconops linleyi
Leptoconops melanderi
Leptoconops mohavensis
Leptoconops nipponensis
Leptoconops ressi
Leptoconops spinosifrons
Leptoconops sublettei
Leptoconops torrens
Leptoconops vargasi
Leptoconops werneri
Leptoconops whitseli
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Leptoconops is a genus of biting midges, the sole genus of subfamily Leptoconopinae. The larvae are recognized by their unique sclerites of the head, and by their mouthparts, also unique among the Ceratopogonidae. Some authorities place this genus in its own family, Leptoconopidae.
[edit] References
- Elson-Harris, M.M. 1990. Keys to the immature stages of some Australian Ceratopogonidae. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 29: 267-275.
- Mullen, G.R. and L.J. Hribar. 1988. Biology and feeding behavior of ceratopogonid larvae (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in North America. Bulletin of the Society for Vector Ecology 13: 60-81.
