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Issue: Vol. 2777 No. 1: 25 Feb. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-02-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2777.1.5
Page range: 61–68
Abstract views: 39
PDF downloaded: 1

Two new Patagonian species of Atrichopogon (Meloehelea) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

División Entomología, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, 1900 La Plata, Argentina
Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, 61137 Brno, Czech Republic
División Entomología, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, 1900 La Plata, Argentina
Diptera Atrichopogon Meloehelea new species biting midge Patagonia

Abstract

Two new species of the subgenus Atrichopogon (Meloehelea) from Patagonia, Atrichopogon (M.) macrodentatum from the Nothofagus forests, and A. (M.) monomorphicus from steppe areas in the ecotone with forests, are described and a key of the Patagonian species of the subgenus is provided.

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