Leptoconops myersi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chironomoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Nematocera Infraordo: Culicomorpha Superfamilia: Chironomoidea

Familia: Ceratopogonidae
Subfamilia: Leptoconopinae
Genus: Leptoconops
Subgenus: Styloconops
Species: Leptoconops myersi

Name

Leptoconops myersi (Tonnoir, 1924)

• • ZooBank: FB2A67C3-E2AE-43A5-9C05-A242FBB145B4

Combinations

• Acanthoconops myersi: original combination
• Styloconops myersi

References

Primary references

• Tonnoir, A.L. 1924. A new biting ceratopogonid from New Zealand. Bulletin of Entomological Research 14(4): 443-444. DOI: 10.1017/S0007485300045697 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Dumbleton, L.J. 1971: The biting midge Styloconops myersi (Tonnoir) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), description of male and redescription of female. New Zealand journal of science, 14: 270–275. BUGZ
• Holder, P. 2009: Leptoconops (Styloconops) myersi (Tonnoir, 1924) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) revealed as the causal agent of "Hot Water Beach rash". Weta, 38: 19–23. abstract and full article (PDF)
• Lee, D.J. 1947: Australasian Ceratopogonidae (Diptera, Nematocera). Part II. The Leptoconops group of genera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 72: 332–338, plate xxi.