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SPHAEROHELEA, A NEW NEOTROPICAL PREDACEOUS NIDGE GENUS OF THE TRIBE SPHAEROMIINI (DIPTERA: CERATOPOGONIDAE)
Tribe Sphaeromiini
Sphaerohelea new genus
Sphaerohelea biestroi 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
Sphaerohelea, a new Neotropical genus of predaceous midges related to Lanehelea, Spnaeromias, Chelohelea, Phaenobezzia and Leehelea is described and illustrated and ilustrated from female specimens. This new genus includes only one species, Sphaerohelea biestroi n. sp. from northeastern Argentina as a type-species.
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Neotropical predaceous midgesTribe Sphaeromiini
Sphaerohelea new genus
Sphaerohelea biestroi n. sp.
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