Leptoconops albiventris

Leptoconops albiventris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Ceratopogonidae
Genus: Leptoconops
Species: L. albiventris
Binomial name
Leptoconops albiventris
de Meijere

Leptoconops albiventris, the white nono, nono blanc des plages or nono purutia, is a midge species in the genus Leptoconops found in French Polynesia.[1] It has been introduced accidentally in the Marquesas archipelago in 1914.

References

  1. Ecology of the biting midge Leptoconops albiventris in French Polynesia. I. Biting cycle and influence of climatic factors. Jean-Philippe Aussel, Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Volume 7, Issue 1, pages 73–79, January 1993 doi:10.1111/j.1365-2915.1993.tb00655.x

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