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Issue: Vol. 4948 No. 3: 22 Mar. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-03-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4948.3.7
Page range: 431–438
Abstract views: 71
PDF downloaded: 13

A new madicolous species of Nilotanypus Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Amazon region, northwestern Brazil

Laboratório de Diptera, Museu de Zoologia—MZUSP, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Nazaré, 481, Ipiranga, CEP 04263-000, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
2Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Coordenação de Biodiversidade (CoBio), Divisão de Curso em Entomologia (DiEnt), Av. André Araújo, 2936, 69067-375, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
Laboratório de Diptera, Museu de Zoologia—MZUSP, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Nazaré, 481, Ipiranga, CEP 04263-000, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Diptera Non-biting midges Tanypodinae Amazon rainforest neotropics new species

Abstract

A new species of Nilotanypus Kieffer is described and illustrated based on male, pupa and larva. Nilotanypus yanomami sp. n. was collected at madicolous system in a mountainous region of northern Amazonia. Additionally, the identification key for males is updated and a distribution map for the Neotropical species is provided.

 

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