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Issue: Vol. 5613 No. 2: 27 Mar. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-03-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5613.2.1
Page range: 201-240
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The Diptera of Panama. II. A first benchmark for the family Chironomidae

Aquatic Invertebrate Research Group (AIRG); Museo de Peces de Agua Dulce e Invertebrados (MUPADI); Universidad Autónoma de Chiriquí (UNACHI); David; Panamá; Sistema Nacional de Investigación de Panamá (SNI); Panamá City; Panamá
Aquatic Invertebrate Research Group (AIRG); Museo de Peces de Agua Dulce e Invertebrados (MUPADI); Universidad Autónoma de Chiriquí (UNACHI); David; Panamá; Department of Natural History; University Museum of Bergen; University of Bergen; Norway
Aquatic Invertebrate Research Group (AIRG); Museo de Peces de Agua Dulce e Invertebrados (MUPADI); Universidad Autónoma de Chiriquí (UNACHI); David; Panamá; University of Gdańsk; Faculty of Biology; Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology; Laboratory of Systematic Zoology; Wita Stwosza 59; 80-308 Gdańsk; Poland
Aquatic Invertebrate Research Group (AIRG); Museo de Peces de Agua Dulce e Invertebrados (MUPADI); Universidad Autónoma de Chiriquí (UNACHI); David; Panamá
Aquatic Invertebrate Research Group (AIRG); Museo de Peces de Agua Dulce e Invertebrados (MUPADI); Universidad Autónoma de Chiriquí (UNACHI); David; Panamá
Aquatic Invertebrate Research Group (AIRG); Museo de Peces de Agua Dulce e Invertebrados (MUPADI); Universidad Autónoma de Chiriquí (UNACHI); David; Panamá
Diptera aquatic insects checklist Neotropics mime midges

Abstract

The Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera) are among a number of aquatic invertebrate groups which have received scant attention in Panama. This paper brings together information from the published literature, personal comments by colleagues, and current research to produce a first benchmark of knowledge about this dipteran family. To date, we have discovered 57 named species in 31 genera distributed among five chironomid subfamilies. In addition, 22 unassociated genera/subgenera (without identified species) are listed. The majority of the taxa recorded belong to the subfamily Chironominae (40 named species in 17 genera, plus 11 unassociated genera/subgenera). Of the 79 total number of species and unassociated taxa of the genus or subgenus rank presented in this paper, 43 are new country records for Panama.

 

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