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Issue: Vol. 389 No. 1: 19 Dec. 2003
Type: Article
Published: 2003-12-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.389.1.1
Page range: 1–10
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Tanytarsus rhabdomantis: New combination for Nimbocera rhabdomantis Trivinho-Strixino & Strixino, 1991 (Diptera: Chironomidae)

Laboratório de Entomologia Aquática, Departamento de Hidrobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, CP 676, CEP 13565-905, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
Laboratório de Entomologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, CP 68044, CEP 21944-970, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Diptera Tanytarsus Nimbocera Chironomidae new combination Neotropical Region

Abstract

Nimbocera rhabdomantis Trivinho-Strixino & Strixino, 1991 is transferred to the genus Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1874, and the adult male and pupa of T. rhabdomantis comb. nov. are described as new to science. Diagnoses for larva, pupa and adult male of T. rhabdomantis comb. nov. are given, and the characters used to identify the immature stages of Nimbocera Reiss, 1972, are briefly discussed.

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