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TWO NEW NEOTROPICAL SPECIES OF PREDACEOUS MIDGES OF THE TRIBE SPHAEROMIINI (DIPTERA: CERATOPOGONIDAE)
Tribe Sphaeromiini
Mallochohelea limitrofe n. sp.
Neobezzia wirthi n.sp.
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Instituto de Limnología Dr. Raúl A. Ringuelet. La Plata, Argentina.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Entomologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Entomologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Abstract
Two new Neotropical species of the tribe Sphaeromiini are described and illustrated, Mallochohelea limitrofe from Argentina and Uruguay, and Neobezzia wirthi from Argentina. The first species is only known from the female sex, being the second one described from both, female and male specimens.
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Neotropical predaceous midgesTribe Sphaeromiini
Mallochohelea limitrofe n. sp.
Neobezzia wirthi n.sp.
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