Leptoconops brevistylus is a species of biting midge belonging to the family Ceratopogonidae. Leptoconops fortipalpus is a species of biting midge belonging to the family Ceratopogonidae. Culicoides variipennis is a long biting midge. OROV is a disease that is transmitted between humans by the biting midge ("Culicoides paraensis"). Forcipomyia squamipennis is a biting midge species in the genus "Forcipomyia". In the Caribbean, "M. ozzardi" uses the biting midge as its intermediate host. In North America, the common vector is the biting midge ("Culicoides variipennis").