title: A new species of sponge-dwelling Oukuriella (Chironomidae) from Brazil.
abstract: Oukuriella Epler, 1986 is an exclusively Neotropical genus that comprises two well supported clades: inhabitants of freshwater sponges and inhabitants of immersed wood (saproxylophilic). In this work, males of a new chironomid species, Oukuriella froehlichi sp. n., are described and illustrated. Specimens were collected near stream in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Phylogenetic analyses performed in this study show that the newly discovered species belongs in the clade of freshwater sponge inhabitants.
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, Museu de Zoologia - MZUSP, Laboratório de Diptera, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. C.P.: 42494.; Email: liviafusari@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Lívia Maria
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Fusari
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados - UFGD, Dourados, MS, Brazil.; Email: carollbellodi@yahoo.com.br.
authors.forename: Carolina Ferraz
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Bellodi
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, Museu de Zoologia - MZUSP, Laboratório de Diptera, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. C.P.: 42494.; Email: einicker@usp.br.
authors.forename: Carlos José Einicker
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Lamas
mesh_terms: D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D002683:Chironomidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D011161:Porifera / Q000469:parasitology*