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| Author(s): |
Andersen, Trond
;
Saether, Ole A.
;
Mendes, Humberto Fonseca
[3]
Total Authors: 3
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Zootaxa; v. 594, p. 1-82, Aug. 2004. |
| Field of knowledge: | Biological Sciences - Zoology |
| Abstract | |
A parsimony analysis of recently collected species sharning several features such as scalpellate acrostichals, often setae apically on the wing membrane and often strongly extended costa, together with 38 genera show that the collected species can be assigned to Antillocladius Saether, 1981, Compterosmittia Saether, 1981, and one new genus, Litocladius. Nine new species of Antillocladius are described and figured as male imagines: A. calakmulensis, A. herradurus and A. zempoalensis from México; A. venequatoriensis from Ecuador and Venezuela; A, ubatuba from Brazil and Venezuela; and A. biota, A.folius, A. musci, and A. sooretama from Brazil. The female of A. musci are also described and figured. New record of A. antecalvus Saether from Brazil and Venezuela; of A. arcuatus Saether from Brazil, Mexico and Venezuela; A. pluspilalus Saether from Ecuador and Mexico and of A. zhengi Wang and Saether from Thailand are given. The genus Antillocladius Saether, 1981, originally described from British West Indies, now includes 15 species from North, Central and South America, Russia, China and Thailand. Keys to all known males, females, pupae and larvae are given. Four new species of Compterosmittia are described and figured as male imagines: C. aberrans from Costa Rica; C. croizati from Brazil and Venezuela; C. pittieri from Venezuela; and C. berui from Brazil. The genus Compterosmittia Saether, 1981, originally described from the British West Indies, now includes 8 to 10 species from North, Central and South America, Australia, Oceania and Southeast Asia. A key to male imagines is given. The new genus, Litocladius, includes a single species, L. mateusi, described as male, female and pupa. The immatures of all three genera are terrestrial or associated with Phytotelmata, and notes on their biology and larval habitats are included. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 00/05903-9 - Biology and systematics of Antillocladius (Insecta: Diptera: Chironomidae) |
| Grantee: | Humberto Fonseca Mendes |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |
| FAPESP's process: | 98/05073-4 - Survey and biology of freshwater crustaceans, insects and mollusks in the state of São Paulo |
| Grantee: | Claudio Gilberto Froehlich |
| Support Opportunities: | BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants |