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Issue: Vol. 4276 No. 2: 12 Jun. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-06-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4276.2.7
Page range: 255–269
Abstract views: 75
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The Neotropical species of the predaceous midge genus Austrohelea Wirth & Grogan (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

División Entomología, Museo de La Plata, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, 1900 La Plata, Argentina. Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores (Cepave)—Consejo de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Boulevard 120 S/N e/61 y 62 La Plata—Buenos Aires—Argentina.
División Entomología, Museo de La Plata, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, 1900 La Plata, Argentina. Instituto de Limnología “Dr. Raúl A. Ringuelet” (ILPLA)—Consejo de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Boulevard 120 S/N e/61 y 62 La Plata—Buenos Aires—Argentina.
Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville, Florida 32614-7100 USA.
Diptera Ceratopogoninae Ceratopogonini Neotropical taxonomy distribution

Abstract

Two new Neotropical species of the predaceous midge genus Austrohelea Wirth & Grogan, A. sirii n. sp. and A. spinosa n. sp., and the previously known A. shannoni (Wirth & Blanton) are described, illustrated and photomicrographs provided of male and female specimens collected from several localities in Argentine and Chilean Patagonia. The similarities and differences between the three Neotropical species are discussed, and a key is provided of the males and females of these three species. The distribution of A. shannoni is extended to the southernmost region of South America.

 

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