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
751
41
73
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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T. alienus Trivinho-Strixino & Shimabukuro, 2017
Remarks.
T. alienus
was recorded for the first time on marginal rocks of a small stream, at 2575 m a.s.l. (
22°25'41"S
,
44°50'38"W
), in APASM (Minas Gerais State). At present, only adult males have been described (
Trivinho-Strixino and Shimabukuro 2017
). Environmental characterization: Water temperature 22 °C; dissolved oxygen 7.4 mg.l-1; pH 5.5; fast flowing; vegetal canopy absent. Low altitudinal specificity (IndVal: 0.17; p = 0.85).