Abstract
Sphaerohelea, a new Neotropical genus of predaceous midges related to Lanehelea, Spnaeromias, Chelohelea, Phaenobezzia and Leehelea is described and illustrated and ilustrated from female specimens. This new genus includes only one species, Sphaerohelea biestroi n. sp. from northeastern Argentina as a type-species.
Neotropical predaceous midges; Tribe Sphaeromiini; Sphaerohelea new genus; Sphaerohelea biestroi n. sp.
Sphaerohelea, a new neotropical predaceous nidge genus of the tribe Sphaeromiini (Diptera: ceratopogonidae)
Gustavo R. Spinellis1
Maria Luiza Felippe Bauer2
Instituto de Limnología Dr. Raúl A. Ringuelet, La Plata, Argentina
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Departamento de Entomologia, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Sphaerohelea, a new Neotropical genus of predaceous midges related to Lanehelea, Spnaeromias, Chelohelea, Phaenobezzia and Leehelea is described and illustrated and ilustrated from female specimens. This new genus includes only one species, Sphaerohelea biestroi n. sp. from northeastern Argentina as a type-species.
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Date of issue
June 1990
