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Issue: Vol. 2614 No. 1: 16 Sep. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-09-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2614.1.2
Page range: 18–32
Abstract views: 35
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New species of Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 1918 (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironominae) from Brazil

Laboratório de Entomologia Aquática, Departamento de Hidrobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, C. P. 676, 13565-905, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
Laboratório de Entomologia Aquática, Departamento de Hidrobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, C. P. 676, 13565-905, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
Fundação de Medicina Tropical do Amazonas, Gerência de Entomologia, Av. Pedro Teixeira, 25, 69040-000, Manaus, AM, Brazil
Diptera Chironomidae Cryptochironomus new species Neotropical region

Abstract

Three new species of Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 1918, C. brasiliensis, C. mantiqueira and C. reshchikovi, are described and figured as male, pupa and larva. Diagnoses for the male, pupa and larva of the genus are emended. The specimens were collected from different water systems in southeast Brazil.

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