Madicolous Chironomidae from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: a checklist with notes on altitudinal distributions (Diptera, Insecta)
Author
Shimabukuro, Erika Mayumi
Author
Trivinho-Strixino, Susana
text
ZooKeys
2018
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41
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.751.20611
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.751.20611
1313-2970-751-41
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C. unicapsulata Wiedenbrug & Trivinho-Strixino, 2011
Distribution.
BRAZIL - Parque Estadual do
Jaragua
,
Sao
Paulo State (
23°27'S
,
46° 45'W
) Serra do Japi,
Jundiai
,
Sao
Paulo State (
23°14'30"S
,
46°57'16"W
);
Paraisopolis
, Minas Gerais State (
22°39'54.81"S
,
45°55'38.29"W
);
Sao
Luis
do
Puruna
,
Parana
State (
25°27.180'S
,
49°43.435'W
); BRAZIL, Serra da Bodoquena, Mato Grosso do Sul State (
20°41'49"S
,
56°52'54"W
); Alto
Paraiso
de
Goias
,
Goias
State (
14°9'34.92"S
, 47°35'
37.32W
); COSTA RICA, Caccao, Guanacaste.
Elevation.
750-1370 m a.s.l.
Habitats.
Litter in stones marginal to small streams.
Known stages.
L, P, F, M.
References.
Wiedenbrug and Trivinho-Strixino (2011)
;
Wiedenbrug et al. (2012)
.
Remarks
.
C. unicapsulata
was found on marginal rocks of small streams, at 2575 m a.s.l., extending its altitudinal occurrence. Environmental characterization: Water temperature 22 °C; dissolved oxygen 7.4 mg.l-1; pH 5.5; slow flow to stagnant; vegetal canopy absent (shrub-herbaceous vegetation. The species was found in APASM (Minas Gerais State). Low altitudinal specificity (IndVal: 0.17; p = 0.85).