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Issue: Vol. 2780 No. 1: 1 Mar. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-03-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2780.1.2
Page range: 20–28
Abstract views: 33
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A new species of Downeshelea Wirth & Grogan and a redescription of the male of Downeshelea cebacoi (Lane & Wirth) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Laboratório de Diptera, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Av. Brasil 4365, 21040-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Laboratório de Diptera, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Av. Brasil 4365, 21040-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Laboratório de Diptera, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Av. Brasil 4365, 21040-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Royal British Columbia Museum, American Museum of Natural History and Instituto de Biodiversidad, 691-8th Ave. SE, Salmon Arm, British Columbia, V1E 2C2, Canada
Diptera predaceous midges Neotropical Region Amazonas Pará new species

Abstract

A new species of predaceous midge, Downeshelea lanei Felippe-Bauer & Borkent, is described and illustrated based on male and female specimens from the Amazonian Region of Brazil. The male of Downeshelea cebacoi (Lane & Wirth) is redescribed and illustrated and the distribution of this species is now restricted to Panama and Costa Rica.

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