A New Species of the Neotropical Genus Oukuriella Epler (Diptera,Chironomidae, Chironominae) |
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| Authors: | Maria Conceição Messias Sebastião José de Oliveira Ernst Josef Fittkau |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;2. Zoologische Staatssammlung, München, Germany |
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| Abstract: | The male of a new species of Oukuriella Epler, 1986, O. gracilis sp. n., is described from Brazil. The new species is distinguished by slender abdominal segments, distinctive setal tufts on abdominal tergites, markings on the abdominal segments, and brownish rings distally on the tibiae. A key to adult males of Oukuriella is provided. |
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