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Issue: Vol. 3566 No. 1: 29 Nov. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-11-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3566.1.4
Page range: 39–50
Abstract views: 46
PDF downloaded: 2

Two new species of Atrichopogon Kieffer from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Laboratório de Diptera, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Av. Brasil 4365, 21040-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Laboratório de Diptera, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Av. Brasil 4365, 21040-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Laboratório de Diptera, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Av. Brasil 4365, 21040-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Diptera biting midges cave Atlantic forest Neotropical Region Southeast Brazil new species

Abstract

Two new species of Atrichopogon, A. dactilus Felippe-Bauer and A. cavus Felippe-Bauer are described and illustrated based on male and female specimens from the southeast region of Brazil. The new species are compared with the other eight species of Neotropical Atrichopogon with distinctively pigmented wings and a key to the males of the species is provided.

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