A systematic study on Endotribelos Grodhaus (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Brazil including DNA barcoding to link males and females
Author
Trivinho-Strixino, Susana
Author
Pepinelli, Mateus
text
Zootaxa
2015
3936
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3936.1.1
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1175-5326
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Endotribelos
sp. duke1
(
Figs 20
a–e)
Material examined.
2 larvae
,
Brazil
, AM, Manaus, Reserva Duke,
12.vi.2002
(E2-49, E2-50, LEIA-UFSCar).
Diagnostic characters.
Head yellowish with mandibular tips and mentum dark brown. Antenna 5-segmented, basal segment 31 µm long. AR 0.91; antennal blade slightly shorter than antennal flagelum (
Fig. 20
c). Dorsal sclerites of head as in figure 20a, clypeus 61 µm long. Pecten epipharyngis formed by toothed plates (
Fig. 20
b). Mandible 110–115 µm long, with apical and three inner teeth dark brown; dorsal tooth double; seta subdentalis slender, 28 µm long (
Fig. 20
d). Mentum 84–86 µm wide, with fifteen dark teeth; median tooth near 1/3 shorter than first laterals; other laterals teeth decreasing laterally (
Fig. 20
e). Ventral plate 64–69 µm long, with weak striations; distance between ventromental plates 37–38 µm.