Amazonimyia gigantea gen. n., sp. n., a new Tanypodinae (Diptera: Chironomidae) from the Neotropical Region

Fabio Laurindo Da Silva; Sofia Wiedenbrug

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.9

Amazonimyia gigantea gen. n., sp. n., a new Tanypodinae (Diptera: Chironomidae) from the Neotropical Region

Zootaxa. 2015 Apr 15;3947(2):275-81. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.9.

Authors

Fabio Laurindo Da Silva¹, Sofia Wiedenbrug²

Affiliations

¹ Museum of Comparative Zoology, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.; Email: laurindodasilva@fas.harvard.edu.
² Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Münchhausenstr. 21, D-81247 München, Germany.; Email: sofia.wig@gmail.com.

PMID: 25947735
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.9

Abstract

A new genus, Amazonimyia, is established for a species of the tribe Pentaneurini (Diptera, Chironomidae, Tanypodinae) from the Amazon Rainforest in northern Brazil. Generic diagnoses for adult male and pupa are provided together with descriptions of a new species, Amazonimyia gigantea.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Brazil
Chironomidae / anatomy & histology
Chironomidae / classification*
Male
Pupa