Leptoconops
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Leptoconops is a midge genus in the family Ceratopogonidae
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Leptoconops sucks vertebrate
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Ceratopogonidae
Ceratopogonidae, or biting midges , are a family of small flies in the order Diptera...
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Leptoconops sucks vertebrate
Vertebrate
Vertebrates are animals that are members of the subphylum Vertebrata . Vertebrates are the largest group of chordates, with currently about 58,000 species described. Vertebrates include the jawless fishes, bony fishes, sharks and rays, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds...
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Blood
Blood is a specialized bodily fluid in animals that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells....
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