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Issue: Vol. 5306 No. 5: 23 Jun. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-06-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5306.5.3
Page range: 551-562
Abstract views: 223
PDF downloaded: 13

A new species of Macropelopia Thienemann, 1916 (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Southern Brazil

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia; Coordenação de Biodiversidade (CoBio); Divisão de Curso em Entomologia (DiEnt); Brazil
Instituto de Limnología “Dr. Raúl A. Ringuelet” (ILPLA); CONICET-UNLP-FCNyM; Argentina
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia; Coordenação de Biodiversidade (CoBio); Divisão de Curso em Entomologia (DiEnt); Brazil
Diptera Macropelopiini Tanypodinae aquatic insects Neotropical region Atlantic Forest FLONA

Abstract

We report a new species of Macropelopia discovered in southern Brazil, with detailed illustrations and descriptions of all life stages. In addition, we provide an identification key specific to males of neotropical Macropelopia species, together with an amendment to the generic diagnosis.

 

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