A new madicolous species of Nilotanypus Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Amazon region, northwestern Brazil.

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Laboratório de Diptera, Museu de Zoologia-MZUSP, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Nazaré, 481, Ipiranga, CEP 04263-000, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

Published: March 2021

A new species of Nilotanypus Kieffer is described and illustrated based on male, pupa and larva. Nilotanypus yanomami sp. n. was collected at madicolous system in a mountainous region of northern Amazonia. Additionally, the identification key for males is updated and a distribution map for the Neotropical species is provided.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4948.3.7DOI Listing

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