Madicolous Chironomidae from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: a checklist with notes on altitudinal distributions (Diptera, Insecta)
Author
Shimabukuro, Erika Mayumi
Author
Trivinho-Strixino, Susana
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ZooKeys
2018
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.751.20611
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.751.20611
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O. sublettei Messias & Oliveira, 1998
Distribution.
BRAZIL - Paru do Oeste River,
missao
Cururu, Amazonas State; Parque Estadual de Campos do
Jordao
,
Sao
Paulo State (
22°41'40"S
,
45°27'36"W
).
Elevation.
20-1600 m a.s.l.
Habitats.
Larvae found in submerged wood in a rocky first-order stream.
Known stages.
L, P, M.
References.
Messias and Oliveira (1998)
;
Fusari et al. (2013)
;
Bellodi et al. (2016)
.
Remarks
.
O. sublettei
was found on marginal rocks of small streams, at 745 m a.s.l. Environmental characterization: Water temperature 17 °C; dissolved oxygen 8.2 mg.l-1; pH 5.5; fast flowing; dense vegetal canopy (more than 80% covered). The species was found in PESM (
Sao
Paulo State). Median altitudinal specificity (IndVal: 0.33; p = 0.14).