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Issue: Vol. 1384 No. 1: 18 Dec. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-12-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1384.1.3
Page range: 59–68
Abstract views: 44
PDF downloaded: 1

Parapentaneura bentogomensis gen. n., sp. n., a new Tanypodinae (Diptera, Chironomidae) from Brazil

Museum of Natural History and Archaeology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
2Münchnerstr. 9, D-82057 Icking, Germany
Rua Oriente Tenuta nº 458 bairro Consil, Cuiabá MT, Brazil
Diptera Neotropical Chironomidae Pentaneurini new genus

Abstract

Parapentaneura bentogomensis gen. n., sp. n., from Mato Grosso, Brazil is diagnosed and described as larva, pupa and adult male. The pupa and larva of an additional species in Parapentaneura gen. n. is described, but not formally named. The new genus belongs to the tribe Pentaneurini of the subfamily Tanypodinae and is morphologically most similar to the genera Pentaneura, Larsia and Hudsonimyia.

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