Chironomus amissum sp. n. (Diptera, Chironomidae) from southeastern Brazil

Leny Célia da Silva Correia; Susana Trivinho-Strixino; Paraskeva Michailova

Chironomus amissum sp. n. (Diptera, Chironomidae) from southeastern Brazil

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Leny Célia da Silva Correia Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Departamento de Hidrobiologia, Laboratório de Ecologia de Insetos Aquáticos
Susana Trivinho-Strixino Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Departamento de Hidrobiologia, Laboratório de Ecologia de Insetos Aquáticos
Paraskeva Michailova Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1 Tzar Osvobodite boulv., Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research

Keywords:

Chironomus amissum sp. n., morphology, karyology, Chironomidae, Diptera, Brazil

Abstract

The paper presents a description of larva, pupa, imago (male) and karyotype of Chironomus amissum from southeastern Brazil. It belongs to pseudothummi cytocomplex with 2n=8 and chromosome arm combinations: AE BF CD G. Several fixed homozygous inversions distinguished arm A of the new species from that of Chironomus columbiensis Wülker et al. 1989 and Chironomus anonymus Williston, 1896. One homozygous inversion of arm F differentiated it from C. anonymus. Species-specific characters were presented in the larva, pupa and imago.

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2013-12-01

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Correia, L. C. da S., Trivinho-Strixino, S., & Michailova, P. (2013). Chironomus amissum sp. n. (Diptera, Chironomidae) from southeastern Brazil. Biota Neotropica, 13(4). Retrieved from //www.biotaneotropica.org.br/BN/article/view/1209

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Vol. 13 No. 4 (2013): v13n4

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