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Issue: Vol. 4290 No. 1: 6 Jul. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-07-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4290.1.9
Page range: 155–166
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Two new species of Podonomus Philippi (Diptera: Chironomidae: Podonominae) from mountains of Southeastern Brazil

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Laboratório de Ecologia de Insetos Aquáticos, Depto. De Hidrobiologia, CEP 12565-905, Rod. Washington Luiz, km 235, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil.
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Department of Natural History, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Laboratório de Ecologia de Insetos Aquáticos, Depto. De Hidrobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil.
Diptera Podonominae madicolous Atlantic Forest Serra da Mantiqueira Neotropical region

Abstract

Two new species of Podonomus from southeastern Brazil are described. The adults and pupa of Podonomus mina sp. nov. and the male adult and the pupa of Podonomus itatiaia sp. nov. were described based on specimens collected from mountaintops. DNA barcodes of Podonomus mina sp. nov. were analyzed to investigate the molecular divergence among Podonomus populations in Brazil, and used as a tool to associate different development stages and sexes. The immature stages of P. mina sp. nov. and P. itatiaia sp. nov. live in madicolous habitats.

 

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