One new species named Goeldichironomus adhaerens sp. n. is described from urban area in Manaus, Brazilian Amazon, based on male adult, pupa and larva. New records of G. neopictus Trivinho-Strixino & Strixino, G. maculatus Trivinho-Strixino & Strixino, G. pictus Reiss and G. fluctuans Reiss are also provided.
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This research is focused on the diversity and systematics of Neotropical non-biting midges of the genus Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1874, based on specimens collected from pristine areas of the western Amazon region in Peru and Brazil. Six new species are described: Tanytarsus aries sp. nov.
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April 2022
University of Gdask, Faculty of Biology, Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, Laboratory of Systematic Zoology; Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdask, Poland..
Our study pertains to the systematics and diversity of non-biting midges of the genus Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1874 from the Neotropical region and in particular, Colombia, a country scarcely studied for these dipterans to date. Adult male specimens collected from the Colombian Llanos and Andes biomes belong to five species described as new in the present paper: Tanytarsus colombiensis sp. nov.
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September 2019
Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, UFSC campus Trindade, 88040-900 Florianópolis-SC, Brazil..
Aedokritus platycnemis Edwards, previously known from northeastern Argentina, is redescribed based on holotype and additional material from Brazil. Axarus cordiformis sp. n.
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February 2019
Department of Natural History, NTNU University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
Although recent years have seen increased activity regarding chironomid systematics in the Neotropical region (e.g. Oliveira et al.
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April 2018
Laboratório de Ecologia de Insetos Aquáticos, Depto. Hidrobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil..
In this second part of the study about Brazilian Pseudochironomini Sæther (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironominae), seven new species are described and illustrated. Three species belong to the genus Pseudochironomus; they are: Pseudochironomus capivara sp. n.
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