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Issue: Vol. 1050 No. 1: 16 Sept. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-09-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1050.1.1
Page range: 1–14
Abstract views: 46
PDF downloaded: 2

A new Neotropical species of the genus Metriocnemus van der Wulp (Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae) from Eryngium L. (Apiaceae) phytotelmata

Laboratorio de Sistemática y Biología Evolutiva (LASBE), Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n (1900), La Plata, Argentina
Instituto de Limnología “Dr. Raúl A. Ringuelet” (ILPLA), Av. Calchaqui Km. 23,5 (1888), Florencio Varela, Argentina. Scient. Contr. Nr. 784
Diptera Metriocnemus Eryngium phytotelmata Orthocladiinae

Abstract

The larva, pupa, male, and female of a new Neotropical species, Metriocnemus eryngiotelmatus, are described and illustrated. This species was collected from the leaf axils of Eryngium pandanifolium Cham. & Schlecht and E. cabrerae Pontiroli (Apiaceae) in Argentina and Uruguay. Based on characters of the male, the new species is closely related to Metriocnemus costatus Sublette & Sasa.

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