Culicoides Latreille and Leptoconops Skuse biting midges of the southwestern United States with emphasis on the Canyonlands of southeastern Utah (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) Author Phillips, Robert A. 2962 Desert Road Moab, UT 84532 USA text Insecta Mundi 2022 2022-01-28 2022 907 1 214 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.6391684 1942-1354 6391684 CBD29188-143B-44DF-BE21-1654D50D8621 Leptoconops ( Holoconops ) asilomar Clastrier and Wirth Leptoconops ( Holoconops ) asilomar Clastrier and Wirth, 1978: 22 (key; female, male, pupa; fig. female fore tarsomere 1, palpus, spermathecae, wing, male genitalia, palpus, pupal respiratory horn, cephalothorax, abdominal segments; California ). Distribution. Coastal Central California (Marin, Monterey, San Luis Obispo counties). Larval ecology. Immatures have been collected or reared from damp ocean beach sand ( Clastrier and Wirth 1978 ). Adult behavior. Females have been collected biting humans ( Clastrier and Wirth 1978 ). Remarks. In addition to the seasonal distribution records included in Table 5, L . asilomar adults have been reported in weeks 3, 7–9. No L . asilomar were examined.