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Articles • Iheringia, Sér. Zool. 105 (1) • Jan-Mar 2015 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-47662015105194100   copy

A new species of predaceous midge in the Patagonian genus Austrosphaeromias with a redescription of A. chilensis (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae)

Una especie nueva de mosquita predadora del género Patagónico Austrosphaeromias con la redescripción de A. chilensis (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae)

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A new species of predaceous midge, Austrosphaeromias setosa sp. nov., is described and illustrated from adult males and females collected in the Patagonian-Andean region of Argentina and Chile. Based on examination of the type species of Austrosphaeromias Spinelli, 1997 and recently collected specimens from near the type-locality, the female and previously unknown male of Austrosphaeromias chilensis (Ingram & Macfie, 1931) are also described and illustrated. Descriptions are accompanied by color photographs and illustrations of key features of females and males of both species. We also provide a key to adult females and males of the four species of Austrosphaeromias.

Ceratopogoninae; Sphaeromiini; Neotropical; Taxonomy

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