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Issue: Vol. 5410 No. 1: 12 Feb. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-02-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5410.1.6
Page range: 112-122
Abstract views: 16
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New findings on Nilothauma Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Brazil and Peru

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia; Coordenação de Biodiversidade (CoBio); Divisão de Curso em Entomologia (DiEnt); Av. André Araújo; 2936; 69067–375; Manaus; Amazonas; Brazil
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia; Coordenação de Biodiversidade (CoBio); Divisão de Curso em Entomologia (DiEnt); Av. André Araújo; 2936; 69067–375; Manaus; Amazonas; Brazil
Diptera Chironominae aquatic insects RDS Uatumã Amazon Neotropical Region

Abstract

Two new species of Nilothauma from Brazil and Peru are described and illustrated based on adult males collected respectively in the central and western Amazon. In addition, new records of Nilothauma complicatum Mendes & Andersen, 2009 in Brazil are provided.

 

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