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We describe three new species of Dixella Dyar & Shannon: Dixella moultoni sp. nov., Dixella jailtoi sp. nov., and Dixella spinosa sp. nov., and record Dixella limai (Santos, 1940) and Dixella trinitensis (Lane, 1943) from the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. The new species can be distinguished by coloration of the thorax and morphology of the male...
Generally, competition excludes pairs of phylogenetically close species across the landscape. However, habitat, food and behaviour differentiation facilitate co‐occurrence of syntopic species. The taxa of frog‐biting midges Corethrella are assumed to be specialists on calling male frogs, but little is known about how habitat gradients and frog‐spec...
Two recently revealed genera, Claudiotendipes, consisting of three distinct species, and the monotypic Tapajos, have new species described. We describe and figure Claudiotendipes gilbertoi sp. n., based on male adult specimens collected in the southern Atlantic Forest of Rio Grande do Sul State. Additionally, we describe and figure Tapajos froehlic...
The female, larva and pupa of Rheocricotopus (Psilocricotopus) sirventorum Andersen & Mendes, 2012, are described based on specimens collected in southern Brazil. The species is the sole described species of Rheocricotopus Brundin, 1956 from the Neotropical region. The subgeneric placement is confirmed, based on the morphology of the female, larva...
Herein we report for the first time a schizomid for the Southern region of Brazil, Stenochrus portoricensis Chamberlin, 1922 (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae), found in association with termite nests. This is the southernmost record of any schizomid for the Neotropical region. We hypothesize that the species was recently introduced by the sudden populatio...
South America, particularly within its tropical belt, is renowned for its unparalleled high levels of species richness, surpassing other major biomes. Certain neotropical areas harbor fragmented knowledge of insect diversity and face imminent threats from biodiversity loss and climate change. Hence, there is an urgent need for rapid estimation meth...
Family Corethrellidae has a worldwide distribution with most known extant species occurring in the Neotropics, many with only the adult stages described. Despite previous efforts, one remaining problem in the taxonomy of Corethrellidae is the challenge of delimiting species due to the current range of morphological characters included in descriptio...
Aim The Neotropics, particularly South America, holds unparalleled high levels of species richness, when compared to other major biomes. Some neotropical areas are hotspots of a fragmentary known diversity of insects and are under manifest danger of biodiversity loss and climate change. Therefore, prompt estimates methods of its diversity are urgen...
Prof. Dr. Claudio Gilberto Froehlich’s career is presented here using numbers and actions guided by a genuine way to study biodiversity, especially aquatic ecosystems. An extensive number of publications is accompanied by an investment in human resources training and establishing a vast network of collaborators and friendships. Dr. Peter Zwick ment...
The limited knowledge of biodiversity constrains conservation strategies in a wide range of questions. Overcoming and recognizing these knowledge deficits require integrated efforts by current researchers and constitute crucial challenges for the next generations. Prof. Dr. Claudio Froehlich was a pioneer in implementing a research program integrat...
The genus Corethrella Coquillet, 1902 are known as a group of nocturnal frog-biting-midges (Diptera: Corethrellidae) which locate their frog-hosts through the sound emitted by their conspicuous calls. The classical method to capture these midges consists in using modified Center Disease Control (CDC) traps in which speakers emitting frog calls repl...
Nine new species of Nilothauma Kieffer, N. hamadaesp. nov., N. jupausp. nov., N. karitianasp. nov., N. lecciisp. nov., N. marianoisp. nov., N. mateusisp. nov., N. txukuyanasp. nov., N. werekenasp. nov. and N. yekwanasp. nov. are described and figured, based on adult males collected in Brazil and N. mayasp. nov. on an adult male from Mexico; N. tere...
Bromeliads harbour a great diversity of fauna species. The epiphytic habit of bromeliads is subject to higher temperatures and higher incidence of light than is the epigeic habit, so we expected individuals of the Vriesea neoglutinosa species to differ in terms of the composition, richness and abundance of their fauna associated with different brom...
Sæther (1981) erected the genus Diplosmittia based on a species from Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent in the British West Indies. The genus was revised by Pinho et al. (2009). To date, the genus comprises ten species: Diplosmittia harrisoni Sæther, 1981; D. carinata Sæther, 1985; D. recisus Sæther, 1988; D. beluina Andersen, 1996; D. forficata Anderse...
Polypedilum darwini sp. nov. is described from Ecuadorian Amazonia based on the adult male. The new species is similar to P. feridae BidawidKafka, 1996 in general morphology. Additionally Polypedilum salwiti Bidawid-Kafka, 1996 is recorded
for the first time outside of Brazil.
Two new species of Polypedilum (Asheum) (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironominae) are described and figured as adult males, P. (A.) sofiae sp. n. collected in the states of Mato Grosso and Rondônia and P. (A.) mayrahu sp. n. collected in the state of Bahia, Brazil. In addition, the adult male of Polypedilum (Asheum) curticaudatum (Rempel) is redescribe...
One new species of Macropelopia Thienemann (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae), M. (Macropelopia) patagonica sp. n. is described and figured as adult male. The specimens were collected from the Patagonian Andes, at San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina. In addition, the generic diagnosis of Macropelopia is emended for the adult male.
Fissimentum mendesi n. sp. é descrita e ilustrada com base em machos coletados com armadilhas luminosas em duas localidades no estado de São Paulo, Brasil. A nova espécie é aparentemente relacionada a F. desiccatum Cranston & Nolte, 1996 e F. guairense Pinho & Froehlich, 2011 por apresentar uma projeção posterior no tergito IX, mas pode ser facilme...
Four new species of Corethrella are described from Brazil. Corethrella xokleng sp. n. and C. cambirela sp. n. are described from males and females, and Corethrella yanomami sp. n. and C. munteantaroku sp. n. are described from a female and male, respectively. Fourteen Corethrella species have new distributional records, with five of these being fir...
Sycoracinae is a subfamily of Psychodidae, currently with 45 extant species (Curler & Jacobson 2012; Santos et al. 2013) classified in three genera: Sycorax Haliday in Curtis; Parasycorax Duckhouse and Aposycorax Duckhouse (Duckhouse 1972; Young 1979). Sycorax comprises a majority of this diversity with 40 extant species, 15 of which are recorded f...
Aedokritus platycnemis Edwards, previously known from northeastern Argentina, is redescribed based on holotype and additional material from Brazil. Axarus cordiformis sp. n. is described and figured, based on a male adult collected in Brazilian Amazon. Aedokritus coffeatus Trivinho-Strixino, Aedokritus souzalopesi Oliveira & Messias, Axarus globosu...
Corethrellids are hematophagous flies that locate their frog hosts by using their calls as an auditory cue. The attractiveness of frog calls to these insects has been associated with the complexity of the vocalisation or an evolutionary relationship between the fly and frog species. We investigated the possible preferences of a local Corethrella fa...
Diptera (flies, mosquitoes, and related insects) are holometabolous insects distinguished by the presence of a single pair of wings in adults. They constitute one of the most diverse groups of insects. At least 31,000 species occur in the Neotropics, distributed into 31 aquatic and semiaquatic families, 14 of which are discussed in the 14 dipteran...
Neothaumalea atlantica new genus, new species (Diptera: Thaumaleidae), is described from the state of Santa Catarina in southern Brazil. This represents the first thaumaleid collected east of the Andes mountain range. The egg, larva, pupa, and both adults are described and illustrated, distribution map presented, and phylogenetic affinities discuss...
Podonomus amarali sp. n. is described from male, female, larva and pupa collected in the Brazilian Atlantic Highlands. The new species belongs to the albinervis group, which comprises eight Andean species.
Children curiosity about how taxonomy works led me to ask for their help to choose a name for a new species of Aedokritus Roback from Pará State (Brazilian Amazon). Aedokritus adotivae sp. n. is here described based on male adults. A key to species of the genus is provided.
Stenochironomus munteanpurin sp. n. is described and illustrated in all life stages, except eggs, from Brazil. The male is very similar to Stenochironomus quadrinotatus Borkent, 1984 due to same overall pattern of pigmentation. The new species can be distinguished from the other related species principally in immature stages: larva with labral lame...
p>Claudiotendipes n. gen. and Sigmoitendipes n. gen. are described and figured based on adults, pupae and larvae. Two species are included in Claudiotendipes: the type species, C. froehlichi n. sp. from Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Santa Catarina States in Brazil; and C. epleri n. sp. from Costa Rica. Five species are included in Sigmoitend...
A new species of Zavreliella Kieffer, Zavreliella kambeba sp. n., is described, based on male adults collected in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil. Further seven Zavreliella species are recorded for new localities in Brazil, with the first Neotropical record of Z. marmorata (van der Wulp). The genus Zavreliella is now composed of 15 species, of which...
The question whether taxonomic descriptions naming new animal species without type specimen(s) deposited in collections should be accepted for publication by scientific journals and allowed by the Code has already been discussed in Zootaxa (Dubois & Nemésio 2007; Donegan 2008, 2009; Nemésio 2009a–b; Dubois 2009; Gentile & Snell 2009; Minelli 2009;...
This plot is not part of the published stance but derives from it. The plot shows the number of authors by geographic region (courtesy of Dr. Diego Astua).
The signaler-eavesdropper interaction has been investigated for a wide range of organisms, and although many flies feed on calling frogs, this dynamic has been addressed only poorly in the austral Neotropics. We investigated this interaction in southern Brazil using pairs of suction traps (acoustic + silent) broadcasting frog calls or an artificial...
Cardiocladius moreloensis sp. n. is described and figured based on adult males collected in Morelos State in Mexico. Males of C. brasiliensis Oliveira, 1949 and C. travassosi Oliveira, 1951 are redescribed and figured based on new material from São Paulo State in Brazil. The generic diagnosis is expanded, and a key to the males of the Neotropical C...
Only 30 chironomid species distributed in 16 genera and three subfamilies are formally recorded to Colombia. Another 32 genera and two subfamilies have been recorded on larval stage, with no identification at species level. Many new records, genera and species are expected when focusing on systematics of chironomids from Colombia.
Stenochironomus falcifer sp. n. is described and figured based on the characters of a male adult. The species was collected in Malaise traps in the Serra Furada State Park (PAESF), in Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil. It can be separated from all other species of Stenochironomus Kieffer, 19197.
Kieffer, J.J. (1919), ‘Chironomiden der Nördliche...
http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2175-7925.2016v29n1p37Lipurometriocnemus amazonicus n. sp. de Manaus (Amazonas) e L. biancae n. sp. de Urubici (Santa Catarina) são descritos e ilustrados com base nos machos. Lipurometriocnemus amazonicus n. sp. pode ser separado das demais espécies de Lipurometriocnemus pela ausência de cerdas em R1 e R4+5; volsela infer...
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.
Titimbera n. gen. is erected based on the males of three new species from South and Central America: T. amazonica n. sp. from the Amazon region, Brazil; T. titi n. sp. from Venezuela and T. laselvensis n. sp. from Costa Rica. The combination of bare eyes and wing membrane; antenna without strong apical seta; scalpellate acrostichals in mid scutum;...
A new species of Limnophyes Eaton collected in the Corvo Branco Mountains in Santa Catarina State is described and figured, based on male and female adults, larva and pupa. The species groups with L. griseata (Edwards) and L. bidumus Sæther as the adults have a pronounced humeral pit with lanceolate setae and an additional group of lanceolate setae...
Three new species of Polypedilum from Brazil, belonging to subgenera Tripodura and Pentapedilum are described and illustrated. P. (Pe.) puri sp. n. and P. (Tr.) guato sp. n. are described based on male adults and P. (Tr.) kadiweu sp. n. on male adult, pupa and larva.
Corethrella borkenti sp. n. is described, based on female and male adults, pupae and larvae, collected from tank bromeliads in the Atlantic Forest of southern Brazil. The larva and pupa of C. alticola Lane, 1939 are described for the first time. New distributional records for C. alticola and C. vittata Lane, 1939 extend their distributions to the s...
The genus Mariambera is erected based on the males of M. amazonica n. sp. from Amazonas and M. mariae n. sp. from Minas Gerais. The new genus is easily recognized by the distinctive anal point which has a rounded dorsal lobe with microtrichia and a triangular ventral lobe with very strong, marginal setae, in combination with bare eyes and wing memb...
Caaporangombera n. gen. is erected based on the males of four new species from Mata Atlântica, the Atlantic Forest: C. urubici n. sp. from Santa Catarina State, C. intervales n. sp. and C. jureia n. sp. from São Paulo State, and C. sapiranga n. sp. from Bahia State. The combination of bare eyes and wings; antenna without apical seta; short acrostic...
p>The orthoclad Thalassosmittia amazonica n. sp. is described based on a male collected in a light trap in the Amazon rainforest. The species is easily separated from its congeners as it has a strongly reduced palp with only a single palpomere.
Article submitted 12. October 2014, accepted 10. November 2014, published 22. December 2014. </p
The orthoclad Saetherocryptus amazonicus n. sp. is described based on a male collected in a light trap in the Amazon rainforest. The species is easily separated from its two congeners as it lacks a dorsomedian, triangular lobe on the gonocoxite and has a large, crescent gonostylus. A key to the species is given.
The genus Beardius Reiss et Sublette, 1985 is revised and twenty new species, Beardius abbadi sp. n., B. arawak sp. n., B. bizzoi sp. n., B. bucephalus sp. n., B. curticaudatus sp. n., B. dioi sp. n., B. hirtidorsum sp. n., B. krenak sp. n., B. kumadueni sp. n., B. longicaudatus sp. n., B. mileneae sp. n., B. nebularius sp. n., B. neusae sp. n., B....
Uirassubrillia beckeri gen. n., sp. n. is described and illustrated based on male and female imagines from Bahia State in Brazil. The new genus is placed in the Brillia-group as the adults have a strongly setose body and setose wing membrane, RM is long and oblique, and the eye has a long, parallel-sided dorsomedian extension. The male hypopygium h...
Two new Xestochironomus species, X. dickinsoni sp. n. and X. virgoferreae sp. n., from Brazilian Atlantic Forest are described, based on male adults. Additionally, a key to adult males of the genus is provided.
Polypedilum (s. str.) kaingangi sp. n. is described and figured as male, female, pupa and larva and the female and immature stages of Polypedilum (s. str.) solimoes Bidawid-Kafka, 1996 are described and illustrated. The immatures of both species inhabit leaf axils of various bromeliad species in the Atlantic rainforest in Santa Catarina State, Sout...
The infestation by larvae of Diptera in live vertebrates is called myiasis and affects humans and domestic and wild animals (Zumpt, 1965). In anurans, myiases are usually caused by flies belonging to the Calliphoridae, Chloropidae and Sarcophagidae families (Kr aus, 2007). Myiases cases have been registered in seven families of neotropical anurans,...
The genus Saetherolabis Andersen et Mendes, 2007 was described based on S. pectinata Andersen et Mendes, 2007 from the Amazon forest in Brazil. Below two new species of Saetherolabis, S. iperuype sp. n. and S. siriype sp. n., are described and figured based on males from Mata Atlântica in São Paulo and Sergipe States in Southeastern and Northeaster...
Saetherocryptus Andersen et Mendes, 2007 was described as monotypic, based on S. clavatus Andersen et Mendes, 2007 from Mata Atlântica in south and southeast Brazil. A second species, S. temimino sp. n., is described and figured below based on an adult male from São Paulo State.
The monotypic genus Saetherocladius Andersen et Mendes, 2007 was erected based on S. hirtus Andersen et Mendes, 2007 from southern Brazil. The present paper adds four new species, S. fusticulus, S. fusus, S. triangulatus and S. urubiciensis, all from the Atlantic forest in southern and southeastern Brazil. The new species are described and figured...
A phylogenetic analysis of the genus Polypedilum Kieffer utilizing only species with known larvae, and including one additional species presumed to belong to a new subgenus was performed. The subgenera Tripodura Townes, 1945, Pentapedilum Kieffer, 1913 and Cerobregma Saether et Sundal, 1999, were all monophyletic, while Uresipedilum Oyewo et Saethe...
A phylogenetic analysis of the genus Polypedilum Kieffer utilizing only species with known larvae, and including one additional species presumed to belong to a new subgenus was performed. The subgenera Tripodura Townes, 1945, Pentapedilum Kieffer, 1913 and Cerobregma Sæther et Sundal, 1999, were all monophyletic, while Uresipedilum Oyewo et Sæther,...
The genus Diplosmittia Sæther, 198110.
Sæther , OA. 1981. Orthocladiinae (Chironomidae: Diptera) from the British West Indies with descriptions of Antillocladius n. gen., Lipurometriocmemus n. gen., Compterosmittia n. gen. and Diplosmittia n. gen. Entomol Scand Suppl., 16: 1–46. View all references is reviewed and four new Neotropical species are...
Two new species of Beardius Reiss et Sublette, 1985 from Brazil are described and figured, B. fittkaui spec. nov. as male and pupae and B. urupeatan spec. nov. as male only. A new record of B. cristhinae Trivinho-Strixino & Siqueira, 2007 from the Mato Grosso State is given. Keys to males, larvae and pupae are provided.
Skutzia epleri sp. n. from USA, S. inthanonensis sp. n. from Thailand, and S. quetzali sp. n. from Panama and Mexico are described and figured as male imagines, and S. gaianii Andersen is recorded from Trinidad and Tobago. The genus now consists of 6 species. In addition to the species mentioned above, S. inopinata Reiss from Canada and S. bahiensi...
The monotypic genus Corytibacladius Oliveira, Messias & Santos, 19954.
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Santos , A R . 1995. “A new genus and new species of Neotropical Orthocladiinae (Diptera, Chironomidae)”. In Chironomids: From genes to ecosystems, Edited by:
Cranston , P S . 409–412. Melbourne: CSIRO. View all references is placed as a ju...
A fêmea de Ichthyocladius kronichticola Mendes, Andersen et Sæther é descrita e ilustrada pela primeira vez. A genitália feminina apresenta caracteres como gonapófise VIII bem desenvolvida, aparentemente não-dividida; cápsulas seminais grandes e ovais e lábios fundidos, completamente esclerosados, estreitando o posicionamento do gênero no grupo Cor...
All life stages of Stenochironomus atlanticus Pinho & Mendes sp. n. are described and figured. The larva mines decaying leaves held in the water of several bromeliad species (Canistrum lindenii (Regel) Mez, Neoregelia laevis (Mez) L.B. Smith, Nidularium innocentii Lemaire, Vriesea philippocoburgii Wawra, and Vriesea vagans (L.B. Smith) L.B. Smith.)...
All life stages of Stenochironomus atlanticus Pinho & Mendes sp. n. are described and figured. The larva mines decaying leaves held in the water of several bromeliad species (Canistrum lindenii (Regel) Mez, Neoregelia laevis (Mez) L.B. Smith, Nidularium innocentii Lemaire, Vriesea philippocoburgii Wawra, and Vriesea vagans (L.B. Smith) L.B. Smith.)...
Records of mosquitoes not related to malaria or filariasis in the two most southern states of Brazil (Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul) are scanty. We report the finding of 18 species new for these states: Aedeomyia squamipennis, Ochlerotatus albifasciatus, Oc. fulvus, Oc. rhyacophilus, Oc. terrens, Psorophora lutzii, Runchomyia cerqueirai, Ru....
Mendes, Humberto Fonseca, Marcondes, Carlos Brisola, Pinho, Luiz Carlos De (2003): A new phytotelmatic species of Monopelopia Fittkau, 1962 (Insecta: Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae) from South Brazil. Zootaxa 262: 1-10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156266
