Leptoconops (Holoconops)

Phillips, Robert A., 2022, Culicoides Latreille and Leptoconops Skuse biting midges of the southwestern United States with emphasis on the Canyonlands of southeastern Utah (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Insecta Mundi 2022 (907), pp. 1-214 : 26

Leptoconops (Holoconops) unnamed species

Diagnosis. Female essentially the same as L. foulki except for having these additional setae: two between the eyes on the lower portion of frons and two on the basal portion of clypeus. Male unknown.

Distribution. Known from only one female collected at Rogers Spring, 23 April 1971 at 460 m elevation in Clarke County, Nevada, and designated as “species C” by Clastrier and Wirth (1978).

Adult behavior. The mandibular and lacinial teeth indicate it feeds on vertebrate blood; however, its hosts are unknown.

Subgenus Leptoconops Skuse