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Issue: Vol. 1046 No. 1: 8 Sept. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-09-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1046.1.4
Page range: 37–47
Abstract views: 29
PDF downloaded: 2

A new Brazilian species of Stenochironomus Kieffer mining decayed leaves in bromeliads (Diptera: Chironomidae)

Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia, UFSC campus Trindade, 88040-900 Florianópolis – SC, Brazil
Museum of Zoology, University of Bergen, Musèplass 3, N-5020 Bergen, Norway
Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia, UFSC campus Trindade, 88040-900 Florianópolis – SC, Brazil
Diptera Chironomidae Stenochironomus new species Neotropical phytotelmata

Abstract

All life stages of Stenochironomus atlanticus Pinho & Mendes sp. n. are described and figured. The larva mines decaying leaves held in the water of several bromeliad species (Canistrum lindenii (Regel) Mez, Neoregelia laevis (Mez) L.B. Smith, Nidularium innocentii Lemaire, Vriesea philippocoburgii Wawra, and Vriesea vagans (L.B. Smith) L.B. Smith.) in the Atlantic Rain Forest in southern Brazil [Desterro Environmental Conservation Unit (Unidade de Conservação Ambiental Desterro – UCAD), Santa Catarina Island]. Stenochironomus atlanticus is the only species in the genus found in the phytotelmata habitat, and it apparently is restricted to this environment.

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