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Issue: Vol. 4786 No. 1: 29 May 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-05-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4786.1.6
Page range: 81–92
Abstract views: 115
PDF downloaded: 5

An unusual new species of Pentaneura Philippi (Diptera: Chironomidae) from northeastern Brazil, with an emended diagnosis to the genus

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Coordenação de Biodiversidade (CoBio), Divisão de Curso em Entomologia (DiEnt), Caixa Postal 478, 69067–375, Manaus, AM, Brazil
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Avenida Senador Salgado Filho, 3000, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Coordenação de Biodiversidade (CoBio), Divisão de Curso em Entomologia (DiEnt), Caixa Postal 478, 69067–375, Manaus, AM, Brazil
Diptera Taxonomy Tanypodinae Pentaneurini aquatic insects non-biting midges

Abstract

Pentaneura herbeti sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on male, female, pupa and larva collected in Northeastern region of Brazil. In addition, an amendment in the adult, pupal and larval diagnosis of Pentaneura is provided.

 

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