A new Neotropical species of the genus Stenochironomus Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) with wood-mining larvae

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  • GALILEU P. S. DANTAS
  • NEUSA HAMADA
  • HUMBERTO F. MENDES
چکیده

A new Neotropical species of the genus Stenochironomus Kieffer, 1919 is described and illustrated based on adult male, pupa and larva. The larvae were reared from decayed wood collected in black-water Amazonian streams.

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تاریخ انتشار 2010