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Issue: Vol. 3947 No. 4: 17 Apr. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-04-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.4.7
Page range: 563–572
Abstract views: 47
PDF downloaded: 2

Three new species of Polypedilum Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Neotropical region

Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, UFSC campus Trindade, 88040–900 Florianópolis–SC, Brazil
Universidade de São Paulo, Museu de Zoologia–MZUSP, Laboratório de Diptera, 04263–000, São Paulo–SP, Brazil
Universidade de São Paulo, Museu de Zoologia–MZUSP, Laboratório de Diptera, 04263–000, São Paulo–SP, Brazil
new species Brazil Pentapedilum Tripodura taxonomy

Abstract

Three new species of Polypedilum from Brazil, belonging to subgenera Tripodura and Pentapedilum are described and illustrated. P. (Pe.) puri sp. n. and P. (Tr.) guato sp. n. are described based on male adults and P. (Tr.) kadiweu sp. n. on male adult, pupa and larva.