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Issue: Vol. 4250 No. 4: 6 Apr. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-04-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4250.4.7
Page range: 367–377
Abstract views: 68
PDF downloaded: 1

Two new Neotropical species of Djalmabatista Fittkau (Diptera: Chironomidae) 

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Coordenação de Biodiversidade (CoBio), Divisão de Curso em Entomologia (DiEnt), Av. André Araújo 2936, 69067–375, Manaus, AM, Brazil.
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Coordenação de Biodiversidade (CoBio), Divisão de Curso em Entomologia (DiEnt), Av. André Araújo 2936, 69067–375, Manaus, AM, Brazil.
Diptera Tanypodinae Procladiini aquatic insects Brazil Amazon

Abstract

Two new species of Djalmabatista from northern Brazil are described and illustrated, Djalmabatista patamona sp. nov. based on adult male and pupa and Djalmabatista wapixana sp. nov. based on adult male only.

 

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