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Issue: Vol. 2654 No. 1: 22 Oct. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-10-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2654.1.5
Page range: 52–60
Abstract views: 57
PDF downloaded: 1

Three new species of Leptonema Guérin (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae) from southeastern Brazil

Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68044, Cidade Universitária, 21941-971, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Tel. 55 21 2562-6371
Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68044, Cidade Universitária, 21941-971, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Tel. 55 21 2562-6371
Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68044, Cidade Universitária, 21941-971, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Tel. 55 21 2562-6371
Trichoptera Leptonema ferelunatum Leptonema santosi Leptonema serratum Neotropical Region Atlantic Forest taxonomy

Abstract

The genus Leptonema is one of the most diverse within the order Trichoptera, being widespread in the Neotropics. Three new species of Leptonema: Leptonema ferelunatum, L. santosi, and L. serratum are described and illustrated from male specimens collected in Rio de Janeiro State, southeastern Brazil.

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