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Issue: Vol. 4078 No. 1: 9 Feb. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-02-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4078.1.17
Page range: 187–196
Abstract views: 36
PDF downloaded: 3

New species and records of Oukuriella Epler, 1986 from the Neotropical region (Diptera: Chironomidae)

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados - UFGD, Dourados, MS, Brazil.
Universidade de São Paulo, Museu de Zoologia – MZUSP, Laboratório de Diptera, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Laboratório de Ecologia, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil.
Diptera Chironominae new species new records aquatic insects Brazil Bolivia Mexico

Abstract

Two new species of Oukuriella, O. angelomachadoi sp. nov. (Holotype male deposited in MZUSP: BRAZIL, Paraná State) and O. plumaterata sp. nov. (Holotype male deposited in MZUSP: BRAZIL, São Paulo State), and the immatures stages of O. sublettei are described and figured. The larvae of O. sublettei were collected from submerged woods in low-order streams in the Atlantic Forest. In addition new records of several described species, including the first records of Oukuriella from Mexico and Bolivia are given.

 

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