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Leptoconops (black gnat) is a midge genus in the family Ceratopogonidae. It has a mostly tropical or subtropical distribution worldwide, but some species occur as far north as Moscow region in Russia and the Yukon Territory in Canada. This genus is relictual, having had a pantropical distribution during the Cretaceous. The presence of Leptoconops, along with Austroconops, in ancient Lebanese amber makes these the earliest existing lineages of biting midges. Extinct species have also been described from amber from Siberia, New Jersey, Canada, Hungary, Sakhalin, France, and Spain.

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  • Leptoconops (black gnat) is a midge genus in the family Ceratopogonidae. It has a mostly tropical or subtropical distribution worldwide, but some species occur as far north as Moscow region in Russia and the Yukon Territory in Canada. This genus is relictual, having had a pantropical distribution during the Cretaceous. The presence of Leptoconops, along with Austroconops, in ancient Lebanese amber makes these the earliest existing lineages of biting midges. Extinct species have also been described from amber from Siberia, New Jersey, Canada, Hungary, Sakhalin, France, and Spain. Adult Leptoconops females are diurnal feeders, and suck vertebrate blood. Adults of both sexes in some species rest by burying themselves in sand. Larvae feed on algae, fungi, and bacteria. They burrow in moist, usually saline, sand or mud of desert areas and coastal and inland beaches. (en)
  • Leptoconops is een geslacht van stekende muggen uit de familie van de Ceratopogonidae. (nl)
  • Leptoconops är ett släkte av tvåvingar. Leptoconops ingår i familjen svidknott. (sv)
  • Мокрецы чёрные (лат. Leptoconops) — род мокрецов из подсемейства . (ru)
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  • Skuse, 1889 (en)
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  • Leptoconops sp. (en)
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  • (en)
  • Mycterotypus (Noè, 1905) (en)
  • Protersesthes (Kieffer, 1921) (en)
  • Schizoconops (Kieffer,1918) (en)
  • Tersesthes (Townsend, 1893) (en)
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  • Leptoconops (en)
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  • Leptoconops is een geslacht van stekende muggen uit de familie van de Ceratopogonidae. (nl)
  • Leptoconops är ett släkte av tvåvingar. Leptoconops ingår i familjen svidknott. (sv)
  • Мокрецы чёрные (лат. Leptoconops) — род мокрецов из подсемейства . (ru)
  • Leptoconops (black gnat) is a midge genus in the family Ceratopogonidae. It has a mostly tropical or subtropical distribution worldwide, but some species occur as far north as Moscow region in Russia and the Yukon Territory in Canada. This genus is relictual, having had a pantropical distribution during the Cretaceous. The presence of Leptoconops, along with Austroconops, in ancient Lebanese amber makes these the earliest existing lineages of biting midges. Extinct species have also been described from amber from Siberia, New Jersey, Canada, Hungary, Sakhalin, France, and Spain. (en)
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  • Leptoconops (en)
  • Leptoconops (nl)
  • Мокрецы чёрные (ru)
  • Leptoconops (sv)
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