Open AccessAn annotated preliminary list of the Chironomidae (Diptera) of Zurquí, Costa Rica
Author(s) -
J. H. Epler
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
chironomus newsletter on chironomidae research/chironomus
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1891-5426
pISSN - 0172-1941
DOI - 10.5324/cjcr.v0i30.2240
Subject(s) - chironomidae , cloud forest , ecology , biology , geography , hectare , larva , agriculture , montane ecology
An annotated list of the species of Chironomidae found at a four-hectare site, mostly cloud forest, in Costa Rica is presented. A total of 137 species, 98 of them undescribed, in 63 genera (17 apparently new), were found.