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Type: Article
Published: 2015-12-22
Page range: 383–392
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New species and records of Goeldichironomus Fittkau, 1965 from Brazil (Diptera: Chironomidae)

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia - INPA, Coordenação de Biodiversidade- CBio, 69067-375, Manaus, AM, Brazil.
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia - INPA, Coordenação de Biodiversidade- CBio, 69067-375, Manaus, AM, Brazil.
Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, UFSC campus Trindade, 88040–900, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
Diptera Aquatic insects Amazon Urban area Taxonomy

Abstract

One new species named Goeldichironomus adhaerens sp. n. is described from urban area in Manaus, Brazilian Amazon, based on male adult, pupa and larva. New records of G. neopictus Trivinho-Strixino & Strixino, G. maculatus Trivinho-Strixino & Strixino, G. pictus Reiss and G. fluctuans Reiss are also provided.