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Type: Article
Published: 2013-05-20
Page range: 569–581
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Bromelicolous Polypedilum Kieffer from South Brazil (Diptera: Chironomidae)

Polypedilum Chironomidae new species Neotropical phytotelmata

Abstract

Polypedilum (s. str.) kaingangi sp. n. is described and figured as male, female, pupa and larva and the female and immature stages of Polypedilum (s. str.) solimoes Bidawid-Kafka, 1996 are described and illustrated. The immatures of both species inhabit leaf axils of various bromeliad species in the Atlantic rainforest in Santa Catarina State, South Brazil.