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Issue: Vol. 2386 No. 1: 2 Mar. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-03-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2386.1.3
Page range: 49–58
Abstract views: 34
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of the genus Ablabesmyia Johannsen from the Neotropics and description of the pupa of Ablabesmyia bianulata Paggi (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae)

ILPLA (Instituto de Limnología “Dr. Raúl A. Ringuelet”) CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas)-CCT-La Plata/UNLP (Universidad Nacional de La Plata). Av. Calchaquí Km. 23.5, Florencio Varela (1888), Buenos Aires, Argentina
ILPLA (Instituto de Limnología “Dr. Raúl A. Ringuelet”) CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas)-CCT-La Plata/UNLP (Universidad Nacional de La Plata). Av. Calchaquí Km. 23.5, Florencio Varela (1888), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Diptera Chironomidae Ablabesmyia new species taxonomy Argentina Neotropics

Abstract

The male, pupa and fourth instar larva of Ablabesmyia platensis sp. n. from La Plata, Buenos Aires province, Argentina and the pupa of A. bianulata Paggi collected in southern Argentina are described and figured. The male adult diagnosis of A. bianulata is emended, and the aedeagal complex is redescribed and photographed. Differences in the aedeagal complex and the color pattern of the pupa mainly distinguish these two species. The new species is also compared with the Neotropical A. oliveirai Oliveira et Gessner.

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