title: Amazonimyia gigantea gen. n., sp. n., a new Tanypodinae (Diptera: Chironomidae) from the Neotropical Region.
abstract: A new genus, Amazonimyia, is established for a species of the tribe Pentaneurini (Diptera, Chironomidae, Tanypodinae) from the Amazon Rainforest in northern Brazil. Generic diagnoses for adult male and pupa are provided together with descriptions of a new species, Amazonimyia gigantea.
authors.affiliation: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.; Email: laurindodasilva@fas.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Fabio Laurindo
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Da Silva
authors.affiliation: Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Münchhausenstr. 21, D-81247 München, Germany.; Email: sofia.wig@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sofia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wiedenbrug
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D002683:Chironomidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D008297:Male; D011679:Pupa