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Type: Article
Published: 2013-07-10
Page range: 85–93
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A new species of Dasyhelea Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Brazilian Amazonia

Dasyhelea new species immatures adult Manaus Brazil

Abstract

A new species from Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, Dasyhelea eloyi Díaz & Ronderos, is described, illustrated and photomicrograph as larva, pupa and male and female adults based on examination with binocular and scanning electron microscopes. This new species, a typical member of the Dasyhelea grisea species group, is compared with the most similar congeners D. necrophila Spinelli & Rodríguez and the Nearctic D. pseudoincinsurata Waugh & Wirth.