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.