title: Uirassubrillia beckeri gen. n., sp. n. (Diptera: Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae) from northeastern Brazil.
abstract: Uirassubrillia beckeri gen. n., sp. n. is described and illustrated based on male and female imagines from Bahia State in Brazil. The new genus is placed in the Brillia-group as the adults have a strongly setose body and setose wing membrane, RM is long and oblique, and the eye has a long, parallel-sided dorsomedian extension. The male hypopygium has a characteristic digitiform superior volsella and a bifurcate gonostylus. The female has three seminal capsules, two large and a third, smaller one.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas - CCNH, Universidade Federal do ABC - UFABC, Av. dos Estados, 5001, Bloco A, Torre 3, 6 andar Bangu, 09210-580, Santo André, SP, Brazil. orthocladiinae@gmail.com
authors.forename: Humberto Fonseca
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Mendes
authors.forename: Trond
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: Luiz Carlos
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Pinho
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D004175:Diptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity