Leptoconops (Holoconops) asilomar Clastrier and Wirth

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 : 21

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scientific name	Leptoconops (Holoconops) asilomar Clastrier and Wirth
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Leptoconops (Holoconops) asilomar Clastrier and Wirth View in CoL

Leptoconops (Holoconops) asilomar Clastrier and Wirth, 1978: 22 View in CoL (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.