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Issue: Vol. 2786 No. 1: 9 Mar. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-03-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2786.1.2
Page range: 27–41
Abstract views: 50
PDF downloaded: 2

Two new species of Larsia Fittkau, 1962 (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae) from Neotropical Region, with a checklist of Larsia species of the world

Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná. Caixa Postal 19020, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Laboratório de Entomologia Aquática, Departamento de Hidrobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Caixa Postal 676, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
Diptera Brazil immature stages key taxonomy

Abstract

Two new species of Larsia Fittkau, 1962 are described and figured as male, pupa and larva. Diagnosis to male of this genus is emended. An annotated checklist of the world’s valid Larsia species is given and keys to pupae and larvae of known species in the Neotropical region are provided.

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