Two new species of Tanytarsus van der Wulp (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Costa Rica

Patricia DO Rosario Reis1, Leonardo H Gil-Azevedo2, Ruth L Ferreira-Keppler3

  • 1Programa de Pós-Graduação Zoologia, Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista s/n, 20940-040, São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. prreis@uea.edu.br.

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|June 29, 2021
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