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Published: 2012-12-11
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Description of a new species of the genus Onconeura Andersen et Sæther (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Argentina with a cladistic analysis of the genus

Laboratorio de Sistemática y Biología Evolutiva (LASBE). Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Paseo del Bosque s/n, B1900FWA, La Plata, Argentina
ILPLA (Instituto de Limnología “Dr. Raúl A. Ringuelet”) CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas) CCT-La Plata / UNLP. Bv. 120 y 62, La Plata (1900). Buenos Aires, Argentina
ILPLA (Instituto de Limnología “Dr. Raúl A. Ringuelet”) CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas) CCT-La Plata / UNLP. Bv. 120 y 62, La Plata (1900). Buenos Aires, Argentina
Diptera Chironomidae Orthocladiinae Onconeura continuous characters phylogeny Sierra de la Ventana Argentina

Abstract

The male, female and immature stages of the new species Onconeura analiae from Argentina are described and figured. A parsimony analysis including the seven known species of the genus plus the new species, using a combined data set of continuous and qualitative characters, was conducted in order to assess the phylogenetic position of the new species and to give for the first time a phylogenetic hypothesis of the genus.

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