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Article

Taxonomic Revision of Neotropical Downeshelea Wirth and Grogan Predaceous Midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

by
Maria Clara A. Santarém
1,2,*,
Art Borkent
3 and
Maria Luiza Felippe-Bauer
1
1
Coleção de Ceratopogonidae, Laboratório de Diptera, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Av. Brasil 4365, Rio de Janeiro 21040–900, Brazil
2
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Saúde, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Av. Brasil 4365, Rio de Janeiro 21040–900, Brazil
3
Research Associate American Museum of Natural History, 691–8 th Ave. SE, Salmon Arm, BC V1 E 2 C2, Canada
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Zoo Bank: http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4C737AC4-1562-4638-90B2-822587BB2202.
Insects 2020, 11(1), 9; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11010009
Submission received: 18 September 2019 / Revised: 16 October 2019 / Accepted: 23 October 2019 / Published: 20 December 2019
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Abstract

The genus Downeshelea was described by Wirth and Grogan based on the diagnostic characters of the Monohelea multilineata species group. The first descriptions of species were based on body coloration, which resulted in confusion and misunderstanding of their identification. The aim of this study was to provide an updated diagnosis and description of Downeshelea, describe 18 new species, and redescribe 10 previously poorly described species. New records of species, a key for identification of all New World species, and a table with important morphometric data to distinguish both males and females of the various species are provided along with distribution maps of the 46 known New World species.
Keywords: Ceratopogonini; new species; redescription; biting midges; aquatic Ceratopogonini; new species; redescription; biting midges; aquatic

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Santarém, M.C.A.; Borkent, A.; Felippe-Bauer, M.L. Taxonomic Revision of Neotropical Downeshelea Wirth and Grogan Predaceous Midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Insects 2020, 11, 9. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11010009

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Santarém MCA, Borkent A, Felippe-Bauer ML. Taxonomic Revision of Neotropical Downeshelea Wirth and Grogan Predaceous Midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Insects. 2020; 11(1):9. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11010009

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Santarém, Maria Clara A., Art Borkent, and Maria Luiza Felippe-Bauer. 2020. "Taxonomic Revision of Neotropical Downeshelea Wirth and Grogan Predaceous Midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)" Insects 11, no. 1: 9. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11010009

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Santarém, M. C. A., Borkent, A., & Felippe-Bauer, M. L. (2020). Taxonomic Revision of Neotropical Downeshelea Wirth and Grogan Predaceous Midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Insects, 11(1), 9. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11010009

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