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Despite this broad diversity, scientific knowledge of this family remains incomplete, including the genus\n                    <jats:italic>Leptoconops<\/jats:italic>\n                    Skuse, 1889. Although several\n                    <jats:italic>Leptoconops<\/jats:italic>\n                    species have been reported from Europe, no detailed study has yet been conducted to resolve the taxonomy of this genus and clarify species occurrence. Here, the first comprehensive study of\n                    <jats:italic>Leptoconops<\/jats:italic>\n                    diversity in southwest Spain is provided based on extensive sampling conducted in 2023\u20132024. In total, eight\n                    <jats:italic>Leptoconops<\/jats:italic>\n                    species were collected using carbon-dioxide suction traps: Leptoconops (Leptoconops) noei Clastrier &amp; Coluzzi, 1973, Leptoconops (Leptoconops) irritans No\u00e9, 1905, and four new species: Leptoconops (Leptoconops) nigrithorax Gonz\u00e1lez &amp; Tanase,\n                    <jats:bold>sp. nov<\/jats:bold>\n                    ., Leptoconops (Leptoconops) triangularis Gonz\u00e1lez &amp; Tanase, sp. nov., Leptoconops (Leptoconops) pseudoirritans Gonz\u00e1lez &amp; Tanase,\n                    <jats:bold>sp. nov<\/jats:bold>\n                    ., and Leptoconops (Leptoconops) communis Gonz\u00e1lez &amp; Tanase,\n                    <jats:bold>sp. nov<\/jats:bold>\n                    . Additionally, Leptoconops (Leptoconops) bidentatus Gutsevich, 1960, was recorded for the first time from the Iberian Peninsula. One species of the subgenus\n                    <jats:italic>Holoconops<\/jats:italic>\n                    : Leptoconops (Holoconops) cf.\n                    <jats:italic>kerteszi<\/jats:italic>\n                    Kieffer, 1908, was also identified. Molecular support for the morphological identification is provided using COX1 barcode sequences. A brief review of\n                    <jats:italic>Leptoconops<\/jats:italic>\n                    species occurrence in Europe is also included, with detailed morphological descriptions supported by high-quality images of the newly described species, and a complete identification key for dry-preserved and slide-mounted adult females of the subgenus\n                    <jats:italic>L.<\/jats:italic>\n                    (\n                    <jats:italic>Leptoconops<\/jats:italic>\n                    ).\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3897\/zookeys.1279.186179","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,8]],"date-time":"2026-05-08T11:57:02Z","timestamp":1778241422000},"page":"201-239","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Hidden diversity in Europe: new species and a revised taxonomy of the subgenus Leptoconops (Leptoconops) (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae)"],"prefix":"10.3897","volume":"1279","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0006-9113-8858","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Dumitru Ionut","family":"Paun-Tanase","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Departamento de Biolog\u00eda de la Conservaci\u00f3n y Cambio Global, Estaci\u00f3n Biol\u00f3gica de Do\u00f1ana (EBD, CSIC), Sevilla, Spain"},{"name":"CIBER de Epidemiologia y Salud P\u00fablica (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5754-862X","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Mikel Alexander","family":"Gonz\u00e1lez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CIBER de Epidemiologia y Salud P\u00fablica (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain"},{"name":"Departamento de Biolog\u00eda de la Conservaci\u00f3n y Cambio Global, Estaci\u00f3n Biol\u00f3gica de Do\u00f1ana (EBD, CSIC), Sevilla, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6748-9547","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Sergio","family":"Magallanes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CIBER de Epidemiologia y Salud P\u00fablica (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain"},{"name":"Departamento de Biolog\u00eda de la Conservaci\u00f3n y Cambio Global, Estaci\u00f3n Biol\u00f3gica de Do\u00f1ana (EBD, CSIC), Sevilla, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0006-4732-9649","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Giovanni","family":"Naro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biosciences and Pediatric Clinical Research Center \u201cRomeo and Enrica Invernizzi\u201d, University of Milan, Milan, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8807-4802","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Sara","family":"Epis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biosciences and Pediatric Clinical Research Center \u201cRomeo and Enrica Invernizzi\u201d, University of Milan, Milan, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4664-9011","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Jordi","family":"Figuerola","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departamento de Biolog\u00eda de la Conservaci\u00f3n y Cambio Global, Estaci\u00f3n Biol\u00f3gica de Do\u00f1ana (EBD, CSIC), Sevilla, Spain"},{"name":"CIBER de Epidemiologia y Salud P\u00fablica (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"2258","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"186179_B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1179\/136485910X12647085215895"},{"key":"186179_B2","unstructured":"Bettini S, Finizio E (1968) Leptoconops irritans No\u00e9 in Grossetano: problems in control. 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