title: Tapajos cristinae gen. n., sp. n. (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironominae) from the Neotropical region.
abstract: A new genus of non-biting midges, Tapajos gen. n., is erected for T cristinae sp. n. from the Neotropical region, and placed in the subfamily Chironominae, tribe Chironomini. Adult males are characterized by the combination of bare eyes; antenna with 11 flagellomeres; antepronotal lobes fused medially; fore tibia with inner scale broad and rounded; superior volsella with a long sickle shaped, bare part arising from the distal lateral corner of a globose, densely trichiose base; inferior volsella sub-cylindrical, surpassing the anal point, distally setose and slightly expanded.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Ecologia de Insetos Aquáticos, Departamento de Hidrobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, C. P. 676, 13565-905, São Carlos, SP Brazil.
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Trivinho-Strixino
authors.forename: Fabio Laurindo
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Caroline Silva Neubern
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D001938:Brazil; D002683:Chironomidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D008297:Male