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Description of the larva and pupa and redescription of the adults of Isostomyia paranensis (Brèthes) (Diptera: Culicidae)

Instituto de Limnología “Dr. Raúl A. Ringuelet”, Universidad Nacional de La Plata-CONICET, cc 712 (1900) La Plata, Argentina
Bohart Museum, Department of Entomology, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Diptera Culicidae Sabethini Runchomyia Isostomyia Isostomyia paranensis Isostomyia lunata Argentina

Abstract

The present study includes descriptions of the larva and pupa and a redescription of the adults of Isostomyia paranensis (Culicidae: Sabethini), comparison of the species to Is. lunata, and discussion of its taxonomic position.

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