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Two new neotropical species of Monohelea Kieffer and Downeshelea Wirth & Grogan (Diptera: Ceratipogonidae)

Abstract

Two new Neotropical predaceous midges are described and illustrated, Downeshelea charrua from Uruguay, and Monohelea bidenata from Argentina. The first species is described from female and male specimens; only one male is know from the second.

Neotropical predaceous midges; Downeshelea charrua sp. n.; Monohelea bidentata sp.n.


ABSTRACT

Two new neotropical species of Monohelea Kieffer and Downeshelea Wirth & Grogan (Diptera: Ceratipogonidae)

Maria Luiza Felippe-Bauer1

Gustavo R. Spinelli2

Instituo Oswaldo Cruz, Departamento de Entomologia, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Instituo de limnologia "Dr. Raul A. Ringuelet", La Plata, Argentina

Two new Neotropical predaceous midges are described and illustrated, Downeshelea charrua from Uruguay, and Monohelea bidenata from Argentina. The first species is described from female and male specimens; only one male is know from the second.

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Publication Dates

  • Publication in this collection
    01 June 2009
  • Date of issue
    June 1994
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