First record of the genus Colosmittia Andersen & Saether (Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae) from the neotropical region.
Colosmittia brasileira sp. n. from São Paulo state, Brazil, is described and illustrated based on a male imago. The genus Colosmittia Andersen & Saether was described based on a single species, C. clavata Andersen & Saether, from the West Usambara Mountains, Tanzania, East Africa. The discovery of the new species shows that Colosmittia has an Afro-Brazilian distribution pattern.
Mendes
Humberto F
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Dept. of Natural History, Bergen Museum, Univ. of Bergen, Bergen, Norway. humberto.mendes@bm.uib.no
Andersen
Trond
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D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D002683:Chironomidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D008297:Male