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Issue: Vol. 3300 No. 1: 4 May. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-05-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3300.1.6
Page range: 62–68
Abstract views: 32
PDF downloaded: 16

Two new species of Saetherolabis Andersen et Mendes, 2007 from Brazil (Diptera: Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae)

Department of Natural History, University Museum of Bergen, University of Bergen, P.O. Box 7800, N-5020, Bergen, Norway
Universidade Federal do ABC, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas, Bloco A, Rua Santa Adélia 166, Bairro Bangu, 09210-170, Santo André - SP, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, ECZ - CCB/UFSC, Campus Trindade, 88040–900, Florianópolis - SC, Brazil
Diptera Chironomidae Orthocladiinae Saetherolabis new species Mata Atlântica Brazil Neotropical

Abstract

The genus Saetherolabis Andersen et Mendes, 2007 was described based on S. pectinata Andersen et Mendes, 2007 from theAmazon forest in Brazil. Below two new species of Saetherolabis, S. iperuype sp. n. and S. siriype sp. n., are described and figured based on males from Mata Atlântica in São Paulo and Sergipe States in Southeastern and Northeastern Brazil.

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    Andersen, T., Mendes, H.F. & Pinho, L.C. (2010) Four new species of Saetherocladius Andersen et Mendes from Mata Atlântica, Brazil (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae). Zootaxa, 2608, 45–56.

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