Leptoconops Skuse, 1889

Spinelli, Gustavo & Wolff, Marta, 2016, FAMILY CERATOPOGONIDAE, Zootaxa 4122 (1), pp. 98-141 : 100

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Genus Leptoconops Skuse View in CoL

Leptoconops Skuse, 1889: 288 View in CoL . Type species, Leptoconops stygius Skuse View in CoL (mon.). Refs.: Ronderos, 1988 (key to females from Argentina); Ronderos & Spinelli, 1992 (key to females); Wirth & Atchley, 1973 (key to subgenera of females, other than Proleptoconops; key to Nearctic females).

Tersesthes Townsend, 1893: 370 View in CoL . Type species, Tersesthes torrens Townsend View in CoL (orig. des.).

Mycterotypus Noè, 1905: 114 View in CoL . Type species, Mycterotypus bezzii Noè , sub. des. by Carter, 1921:3.

Protersesthes Kieffer, 1921b: 107 . Type species, Tersesthes brasiliensis Lutz (orig. des.).

References

Carter, H. F. (1921) A revision of the genus Leptoconops Skuse. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 12, 128. [June]

Kieffer, J. J. (1921 b) Sur quelques Dipteres piqueurs de la tribu des Ceratopogoninae. Archives de l'Institut Pasteur de l'Afrique du Nord, 1, 107 - 115. [March]

Noe, G. (1905) Un nuovo genere appartenente alla famiglia Chironomidae. Rendiconti, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 14, 114 - 120.

Ronderos, M. M. (1988) Estudio sistematico de los generos hematofagos de Ceratopogonidae (Diptera: Nematocera) de la Republica Argentina. Ph. D. Thesis, Univ. Nac. La Plata, Argentina, 135 pp. + 49 pls.

Ronderos, M. M. & Spinelli, G. R. (1992) A key to the Neotropical Leptoconops (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), with the description of a new species from Argentina. Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina, 51, 41 - 45.

Skuse, F. A. A. (1889) Diptera of Australia. Part VI. - The Chironomidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 4, 215 - 311, pls. 11 - 14.

Townsend, C. H. T. (1893) An interesting blood-sucking gnat of the family Chironomidae. Psyche, 6, 369 - 371. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1155 / 1893 / 58983

Wirth, W. W. & Atchley, W. R. (1973) A review of the North American Leptoconops (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Graduate Studies Texas Tech University, 5, 1 - 57.