Six new species of <i>Dasyhelea</i> (Insecta, Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) from Patagonia

Six new species of <i>Dasyhelea Kieffer</i>, 1911 from Argentinean and Chilean Patagonia are described and illustrated based on adults. Five of these species do not belong to any of the recognized groups found in the Americas. The remaining one, Dasyhelea pabloi sp. nov. is a typical mem...

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Autores: Díaz, Florentina, Spinelli, Gustavo Ricardo, Ronderos, María Marcela
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:Argentina
Institución:Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Repositorio:SEDICI (UNLP)
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/37935
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/37935
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ciencias Naturales
Ceratopogonidae
Leptobranchia group
Dasyhelea
neotropical region
taxonomy
Dasyhelea kieffer
Diptera
Insecta
Descripción
Sumario:Six new species of <i>Dasyhelea Kieffer</i>, 1911 from Argentinean and Chilean Patagonia are described and illustrated based on adults. Five of these species do not belong to any of the recognized groups found in the Americas. The remaining one, Dasyhelea pabloi sp. nov. is a typical member of the <i>leptobranchia</i> group and is the first record of a species from this group found in the Neotropical region.