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Checklist of Chironomidae from Mato Grosso do Sul state

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Author(s):
Lívia Maria Fusari [1] ; Fabio de Oliveira Roque [2] ; Carlos José Einicker Lamas [3]
Total Authors: 3
Affiliation:
[1] Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo - Brasil
[2] Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul - Brasil
[3] Universidade de São Paulo. Museu de Zoologia - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 3
Document type: Journal article
Source: IHERINGIA SERIE ZOOLOGIA; v. 107, 2017-05-02.
Abstract

ABSTRACT Family Chironomidae is widely distributed with approximately 4,147 species known to the World, but this value is already outdated; for to Brazil about 379 species are recorded. We present a current inventory of species of Chironomidae for the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Up to now, 16 species are recorded to the state. These species belongs to the genera Aedokritus, Beardius, Chironomus, Corynoneura, Djalmabatista, Fissimentum, Goeldichironomus, Oukuriella and Xenochironomus. In addition, 83 morphospecies are known to 33 genus of Chinonominae, six of Orthocladiinae and ten of Tanypodinae, all from fauna surveys and ecological studies in the Upper Paraná River and its adjacent rivers. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 10/52314-0 - The SISBIOTA - Diptera Brazilian network: a long term survey of Diptera from unexplored central areas of Brazil
Grantee:Carlos José Einicker Lamas
Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Regular Research Grants