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Issue: Vol. 4966 No. 1: 30 Apr. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-04-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4966.1.9
Page range: 84–90
Abstract views: 97
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Two new species of Tanytarsus van der Wulp (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Costa Rica

Programa de Pós-Graduação Zoologia, Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista s/n, 20940-040, São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista s/n, 20940-040, São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
INPA, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Departamento de Entomologia, André Araújo, 2.936, Petrópolis, CEP 69.067-375, Manaus, Brasil.
Diptera aquatic insects Tanytarsini Canopy Malaise trap San José taxonomy

Abstract

Tanytarsus is a highly diverse genus of Chironomidae (Diptera), distributed worldwide. In the Neotropics, 84 species are known, but only five have been recorded from Central America to date. In the present article, two new species of the Tanytarsus ortoni species group are described and illustrated based on male specimens collected from Costa Rica, T. braini sp. nov. and T. costarica sp. nov.

 

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