Open AccessA new Thalassosmittia Strenzke and Remmert, 1957 out of the sea: T. amazonica n. sp. from the Amazon rainforest, Brazil (Diptera: Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae)
Author(s) -
Trond Andersen,
Luiz Carlos Pinho
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
chironomus journal of chironomidae research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1891-5426
pISSN - 0172-1941
DOI - 10.5324/cjcr.v0i27.1702
Subject(s) - amazon rainforest , rainforest , chironomidae , tropical rainforest , ecology , geography , biology , larva
The orthoclad Thalassosmittia amazonica n. sp. is described based on a male collected in a light trap in the Amazon rainforest. The species is easily separated from its congeners as it has a strongly reduced palp with only a single palpomere.Article submitted 12. October 2014, accepted 10. November 2014, published 22. December 2014.
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