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New Polypedilum Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) from mountains of the Atlantic Forest, Brazil
Erika Mayumi Shimabukuro1, Susana Trivinho-Strixino, Carlos José Einicker Lamas
1Laboratório de Diptera, Museu de Zoologia-MZUSP, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Nazaré, 481, Ipiranga, CEP 04263-000, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. erika.msh@gmail.com.
Abstract:
Five new species of Polypedilum from mountains of the Atlantic Forest, Southeastern Brazil, are described and illustrated as adult male. Two new species belong to the subgenus Polypedilum s. str.: Polypedilum (Polypedilum) caete sp. n. and P. (P.) aymbere sp. n. and three new species belong to the subgenus Tripodura: P. (Tripodura) yvatekaty sp. n., P. (T.) goiocoio sp. n. and P. (T.) ybytyra sp. n.
