A new species of Fissimentum Cranston & Nolte, 1996 from the state of São Paulo, Brazil (Diptera: Chironomidae, Chironominae)

Authors

  • Trond Andersen Department of Natural History, University Museum of Bergen, University of Bergen P.O. Box 7800, NO–5020 Bergen, Norway
  • Luiz Carlos Pinho UFSC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7925.2019v32n4p45

Abstract

Fissimentum mendesi n. sp. is described and figured on the basis of males collected in light traps in two localities in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The new species is apparently closely related to F. desiccatum Cranston & Nolte, 1996 and F. guairense Pinho & Froehlich, 2011 by having a posterior projection of tergite IX, but can easily be distinguished from its congeners on the combination of a short, stout, evenly curved superior volsella and an antennal ratio of about 1.5. A revised key to the males of the genus is provided.

Author Biographies

Trond Andersen, Department of Natural History, University Museum of Bergen, University of Bergen P.O. Box 7800, NO–5020 Bergen, Norway

Professor Emérito do Departamento de História Natural da Universidade de Bergen (Bergen, Noruega). Atua em pesquisa sobre Sistemática de insetos, em especial Trichoptera e Diptera

Luiz Carlos Pinho, UFSC

Bacharel e Licenciado em Ciências Biológicas pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 2005. Mestre em Ciências (área Entomologia) pela Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto - Universidade de São Paulo (FFCLRP-USP), 2007. Doutor em Ciências (área Entomologia) pela FFCLRP-USP, 2010, com Doutorado-sanduíche na University of Bergen (UIB, Bergen, Noruega). Atualmente é Professor Adjunto I na Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Tem experiência na área de Zoologia, com ênfase em Taxonomia dos Grupos Recentes, lidando com Diptera aquáticos, em especial na Sistemática de Chironomidae.

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2019-12-12

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Vol. 32 No. 4 (2019)

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