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Issue: Vol. 2619 No. 1: 21 Sep. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-09-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2619.1.5
Page range: 49–55
Abstract views: 47
PDF downloaded: 1

Blood sucking midges of Leptoconops (Holoconops Kieffer) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from India

Department of Zoology, University of Burdwan, Burdwan 713 104, India
Department of Zoology, University of Burdwan, Burdwan 713 104, India
Department of Zoology, University of Burdwan, Burdwan 713 104, India
Diptera Ceratopogonidae Leptoconops new species India

Abstract

Three new species, Leptoconops (Holoconops) brevistylus, L. (H.) fortipalpus and L. (H.) tenebrostigmatus of the subgenus Leptoconops (Holoconops Kieffer) are described from the Damodar valley of India. Previously, only two species, Leptoconops (Leptoconops) indicus (Kieffer) and L. (Styloconops) spinosiformis (Carter) were known from India.

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