- Leptoconopinae
Taxobox
name = "Leptoconops"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
subphylum =Hexapoda
classis =Insect a
subclassis =Pterygota
infraclassis =Neoptera
superordo =Endopterygota |
ordo = Diptera
subordo =Nematocera
infraordo =Culicomorpha
superfamilia =Chironomoidea
familia =Ceratopogonidae
subfamilia = Leptoconopinae
genus = "Leptoconops"
genus_authority =Skuse ,1889
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "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 ""Leptoconops" is a
genus ofbiting midge s, the sole genus ofsubfamily Leptoconopinae. The larvae are recognized by their unique sclerites of the head, and by their mouthparts, also unique among theCeratopogonidae . Some authorities place this genus in its own family, Leptoconopidae.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.
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