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Issue: Vol. 328 No. 1: 15 Oct. 2003
Type: Article
Published: 2003-10-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.328.1.1
Page range: 1–7
Abstract views: 43
PDF downloaded: 3

The occurrence of Taraxitrichia Flint & Harris, 1992 (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae) in Brazil, with description of the final larval stage

Divisão de Curso de Entomologia
Coordenação de Pesquisas em Entomologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Caixa Postal 478, CEP 69011-970 Manaus, AM, Brazil.
Trichoptera aquatic insects Hydroptilidae freshwater Porifera

Abstract

The larva of Taraxitrichia is described for the first time. The genus has one species, T. amazonensis Flint & Harris, 1992, described from adults collected in Venezuela. The association between adults and immatures was made using the metamorphotype technique. This is the first record of the genus in Brazil; it is based on examination of specimens collected in streams in Presidente Figueiredo County, Amazonas state. Larvae and pupae were collected only associated with freshwater Porifera.

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