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A new species of Parochlus (Diptera: Chironomidae) reveals intriguing features of larva at the oldest South American highlands

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Author(s):
Shimabukuro, Erika Mayumi ; da Silva, Fabio Laurindo ; Pepinelli, Mateus ; Trivinho-Strixino, Susana ; Einicker Lamas, Carlos Jose
Total Authors: 5
Document type: Journal article
Source: Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment; v. N/A, p. 9-pg., 2022-04-24.
Abstract

At the summit of the highest Brazilian mountain, an intriguing species of Parochlus Enderlein, 1912 (Diptera: Chironomidae: Podonominae) was unveiled. This is also the first time that Parochlus specimens were recorded in Brazil. Members of the subfamily Podonominae are hardly found in Brazilian lands, hitherto represented only by a few Podonomus Philippi, 1865 (Diptera: Chironomidae) species limited to the Atlantic Mountains. The presence of the genus Parochlus in the oldest and northernmost region of South America represents a remarkable finding to advance our understanding about the diversity of Podonominae and its biogeographical disjunctive distribution. The female and the peculiar larva of this new species are fully described and illustrated. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 18/11068-9 - Biodiversity in neotropical mountains: macroecological patterns of madicolous insects' community and taxonomy of Chironomidae (Diptera, Insecta)
Grantee:Erika Mayumi Shimabukuro
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
FAPESP's process: 16/07039-8 - Biogeographic patterns and diversification of Polypedilum Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) in South America: implications for the latitudinal diversity gradient in a megadiverse genus
Grantee:Fabio Laurindo da Silva
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
FAPESP's process: 19/25567-0 - Ancestral origins of South American diversity: integrating phylogenetics and biogeography for the understanding of the diversification processes in Tanypodinae (Diptera: Chironomidae)
Grantee:Fabio Laurindo da Silva
Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants