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Issue: Vol. 689 No. 1: 18 Oct. 2004
Type: Articles
Published: 2004-10-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.689.1.1
Page range: 1–7
Abstract views: 55
PDF downloaded: 5

Podonomus pepinellii n. sp., first record of the genus and subfamily from Brazil (Diptera: Chironomidae: Podonominae)

Laboratório de Entomologia Aquática, Depto. de Hidrobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Paulo, Brasil, Via Washington Luis - Km 235, CEP: 13565-905. Cx. Postal 676
Laboratório de Entomologia Aquática, Depto. de Hidrobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Paulo, Brasil, Via Washington Luis - Km 235, CEP: 13565-905. Cx. Postal 676
Diptera Brazil Chironomidae Neotropics Podonominae

Abstract

The subfamily Podonominae and the genus Podonomus Philippi, 1865, are reported from Brazil for the first time. Podonomus pepinellii n. sp. is described and figured from a single male and associated pupal exuviae.

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