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Issue: Vol. 4399 No. 4: 23 Mar. 2018
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2018-03-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4399.4.9
Page range: 586–590
Abstract views: 93
PDF downloaded: 2

Bringing taxonomy to school kids: Aedokritus adotivae sp. n. from Amazon
(Diptera: Chironomidae)

Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, UFSC campus Trindade, 88040–900 Florianópolis–SC, Brazil.
Diptera new species Pseudochironomini Brazil outreach key

Abstract

Children curiosity about how taxonomy works led me to ask for their help to choose a name for a new species of Aedokritus Roback from Pará State (Brazilian Amazon). Aedokritus adotivae sp. n. is here described based on male adults. A key to species of the genus is provided.

 

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