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Published: 2019-12-06
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Four new species and some new records of Brazilian frog-biting midges (Diptera: Corethrellidae)

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Depto. de Ciências Biológicas, CEP 45650-000, Ilhéus - BA, Brazil
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Depto. de Ciências Biológicas, CEP 45650-000, Ilhéus - BA, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Depto. de Ecologia e Zoologia, CEP 88040-901, Florianópolis - SC, Brazil
Diptera Systematics biodiversity Culicomorpha Corethrella aquatic Neotropical

Abstract

Four new species of Corethrella are described from Brazil. Corethrella xokleng sp. n. and C. cambirela sp. n. are described from males and females, and Corethrella yanomami sp. n. and C. munteantaroku sp. n. are described from a female and male, respectively. Fourteen Corethrella species have new distributional records, with five of these being first records for Brazil. The number of valid species of Corethrellidae known from Brazil is increased from 37 to 46.

 

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