Two new neotropical species of predaceous midges of the tribe sphaeromiini (Diptera: ceratopogonidae)Abstract
Two new Neotropical species of the tribe Sphaeromiini are described and illustrated, Mallochohelea limitrofe from Argentina and Uruguay, and Neobezzia wirthi from Argentina. The first species is only known from the female sex, being the second one described from both, female and male specimens.
Neotropical predaceous midges; Tribe Sphaeromiini; mallochohelea limitrofe n. sp.; Neobezzia wirthi n. sp.
Two new neotropical species of predaceous midges of the tribe sphaeromiini (Diptera: ceratopogonidae)
Gustavo R. Spinelli1
Maria Luiza Felipe Bauer2
Instituto de Limnología Dr. Raúl A. Ringuelet, La Plata, Argentina
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Departamento de Entomologia, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Two new Neotropical species of the tribe Sphaeromiini are described and illustrated, Mallochohelea limitrofe from Argentina and Uruguay, and Neobezzia wirthi from Argentina. The first species is only known from the female sex, being the second one described from both, female and male specimens.
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