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<mods:title>Neotropical Nilothauma Kieffer, 1921 (Diptera, Chironomidae): Key, eleven new species, re-descriptions, new combination and new records</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Pinho, Luiz Carlos</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Andersen, Trond</mods:namePart>
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<taxonomicName LSID="9383FBE1-EA80-55DE-B427-AB89CF16F4BF" authority="Roback, 1960" authorityName="Roback" authorityYear="1960" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Nilothauma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nilothauma aleta" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aleta">Nilothauma aleta Roback, 1960</taxonomicName>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Nilothauma aleta Roback, 1960, adult male A hypopygium, dorsal view B hypopygium with anal point and tergite IX removed, dorsal aspect to the left and ventral aspect to the right." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1033.60686.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/534694" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Figures 1A, B</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 17" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figure 17. Distribution maps of Neotropical Nilothauma species A N. fittkaui (Soponis, 1987), N. amazonense Mendes &amp; Andersen, 2009 B N. aripuanense Mendes &amp; Andersen, 2009, N Nilothauma aleta Roback, 1960 C N. reissi (Soponis, 1987), N. soka Andersen, Bello-Gonzalez &amp; Hagenlund, 2016 D N. anamariae Dantas &amp; Hamada, 2017, N. jaraguaense Mendes &amp; Andersen, 2009." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1033.60686.figure17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/534710" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">, 17B</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Additional material.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="81">
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<specimenCount type="male">1 male</specimenCount>
, slide-mounted: 
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Paulo
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Santa 
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do Pito
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, 
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, 
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&amp; 
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leg.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Diagnostic characters.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="81">The male can be distinguished from its congeners by the combination of: tergite IX without setose dorsal lobe(s); gonostylus stout; acrostichals absent; anal point wide, covering most setae along posterior margin of tergite IX; inferior volsella slender.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Re-description.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Male imago (n = 1).</emphasis>
Total length 3.58 mm. Wing length 2.00 mm. Total length/wing length 1.79. Wing length/length of profemur 2.25.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Colouration</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Head, thorax and abdomen brown; legs pale, except for ring of brown pigmentation in distal 1/2 to 2/3 of fore- and hind femora, in distal 1/3 of foretibia, in basal 1/8 of mid- and hind tibiae and in distal 1/3 of each tarsomere. Wing membrane apparently hyaline, but faint brown markings are visible when dark-field filter is applied.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Antenna</emphasis>
.
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AR = 0.27. Thirteenth flagellomere 197 
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long.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Head</emphasis>
.
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Temporal setae 7 in single row. Clypeus with 25 setae. Tentorium 123 
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long, maximum width 25 
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. Stipes not measurable. Palp segment lengths (in 
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): 39, 34, 123, 147, 191. Third palpomere with 2 sensilla clavata subapically, longest 20 
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long. Fifth palpomere/third palpomere 1.55.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Thorax</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Dorsocentrals 12 in single row, acrostichals absent, prealars 3. Scutellum with 6 setae.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Wing</emphasis>
.
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VR = 1.50. Brachiolum with 1 seta, R with 13 setae, R1 with 18 setae, R4+5 with 21 setae, remaining veins bare.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Legs</emphasis>
.
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Spur of fore tibia 44 
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long including 15 
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long scale. Mid-tibia with 1 spur, 15 
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long; hind tibia with 2 spurs, 25 and 29 
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long. Combs of both mid- and hind tibia 20 
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long. Width at apex of fore-tibia 39 
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, of mid-tibia 34 
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, of hind tibia 44 
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. Lengths and proportions of legs as in Table 
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Table 1.</emphasis>
Lengths (in 
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) and proportions of leg segments in 
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Roback, 1960, adult male (n = 1).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Ti</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">ta1</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">ta2</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">ta3</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">ta4</emphasis>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">p1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">887</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">601</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">837</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">522</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">404</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">256</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">p2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">906</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">690</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">414</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">227</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">177</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">118</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">p3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">1034</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">985</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">699</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">355</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">305</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">197</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">ta5</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">LR</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">BV</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">SV</emphasis>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">BR</emphasis>
</td>
<td colspan="1" isEmpty="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">-</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">p1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">148</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">1.39</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">1.74</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">1.77</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">2.3</td>
<td colspan="1" isEmpty="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">-</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">p2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">89</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">0.60</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">3.29</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">2.30</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">2.3</td>
<td colspan="1" isEmpty="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">-</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">p3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">108</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">0.71</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">2.56</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">2.89</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">5.0</td>
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Hypopygium</emphasis>
(Fig. 
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). Tergite IX without lobes, tapering to apex, with 22 short setae underneath anal point. Anal point lanceolate, 50 
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long, maximum width 37 
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. Tergite bands well developed. Laterosternite IX without setae. Phallapodeme 70 
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long; transverse sternapodeme 55 
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long. Gonocoxite 134 
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long. Inferior volsella straight, 52 
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long, 7 
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wide medially, with microtrichia and 8 simple setae apically. Superior volsella pediform, 17 
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long, 7 
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wide at base, covered with microtrichia and with 2 setae apically. Median volsella 7 
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long, with 2 simple setae, longest 12 
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. Gonostylus 95 
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long, straight. HR = 1.42. HV = 3.77.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Figure 1.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Nilothauma aleta</emphasis>
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Roback, 1960, adult male 
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hypopygium, dorsal view 
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hypopygium with anal point and tergite IX removed, dorsal aspect to the left and ventral aspect to the right.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Female adult and immatures.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Unknown.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Remarks.</paragraph>
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<bibRefCitation author="Roback, SS" journalOrPublisher="Transactions of the American Entomological Society" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" pagination="87 - 107" refId="B14" refString="Roback, SS, 1960. Results of the Catherwood Foundation Peruvian Amazon Expedition. New species of Tendipedidae (Diptera). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 86: 87 - 107" title="Results of the Catherwood Foundation Peruvian Amazon Expedition. New species of Tendipedidae (Diptera)." volume="86" year="1960">Roback (1960)</bibRefCitation>
described 
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Roback, 1960 and 
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Roback, 1960 from the Peruvian Amazon. In their revision of 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Nilothauma</emphasis>
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, Adam &amp; 
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, (1999) regarded the two species as not belonging to 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Nilothauma</emphasis>
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since they lack any projections on tergite IX and stated that they appear to belong in 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Paratendipes</emphasis>
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Kieffer. Later, 
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placed 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Neelamia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Soponis and 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Paranilothauma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Soponis as synonyms of 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Nilothauma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and several new Neotropical species have been described demonstrating the large morphological variation in the genus. 
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emended the diagnosis of 
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</taxonomicName>
and both 
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</taxonomicName>
and 
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</taxonomicName>
fit well into this diagnosis.
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</subSubSection>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Distribution</paragraph>
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(Fig. 
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).
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The species was originally described from the Department of 
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, in the Peruvian Amazon by 
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; the range is now extended to Serra do Mar (
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Paulo State), in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.
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