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Issue: Vol. 2490 No. 1: 1 Jun. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-06-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2490.1.5
Page range: 47–54
Abstract views: 30
PDF downloaded: 1

A new Neotropical species of the genus Stenochironomus Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) with wood-mining larvae

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Caixa Postal 478, 69011-970, Manaus, AM, Brazil
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Caixa Postal 478, 69011-970, Manaus, AM, Brazil
Bergen Museum, Universitetet i Bergen, P.b 7800, 5020, Bergen, Norway
Diptera Chironominae systematics aquatic insects xylophagous Amazonia Brazil

Abstract

A new Neotropical species of the genus Stenochironomus Kieffer, 1919 is described and illustrated based on adult male, pupa and larva. The larvae were reared from decayed wood collected in black-water Amazonian streams.

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