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Issue: Vol. 5433 No. 3: 8 Apr. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-04-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5433.3.2
Page range: 321-338
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THREE NEW SPECIES OF DIXELLA DYAR & SHANNON (DIPTERA: DIXIDAE) FROM SANTA CATARINA, BRAZIL

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Museu Nacional; Departamento de Entomologia; Rio de Janeiro; RJ; Brazil
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina; Centro de Ciências Biológicas; Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia; Florianópolis; SC; Brazil
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina; Centro de Ciências Biológicas; Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia; Florianópolis; SC; Brazil
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Museu Nacional; Departamento de Entomologia; Rio de Janeiro; RJ; Brazil
Diptera Meniscus midges Atlantic Forest Neotropical Region Culicomorpha

Abstract

We describe three new species of Dixella Dyar & Shannon: Dixella moultoni sp. nov., Dixella jailtoi sp. nov., and Dixella spinosa sp. nov., and record Dixella limai (Santos, 1940) and Dixella trinitensis (Lane, 1943) from the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. The new species can be distinguished by coloration of the thorax and morphology of the male and female terminalia (except Dixella jailtoi, the female of which is unknown). This represents the first record of Dixidae for Santa Catarina, as well as for the Southern Region of Brazil. An identification key as well as distribution map for these species are provided.

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