title: A new species of Dasyhelea Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Brazilian Amazonia.
abstract: A new species from Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, Dasyhelea eloyi Díaz & Ronderos, is described, illustrated and photomicrograph as larva, pupa and male and female adults based on examination with binocular and scanning electron microscopes. This new species, a typical member of the Dasyhelea grisea species group, is compared with the most similar congeners D. necrophila Spinelli & Rodriguez and the Nearctic D. pseudoincinsurata Waugh & Wirth.
authors.affiliation: Division Entomologia, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, 1900 La Plata, Argentina. mfdiaz@fcnym.unlp.edu.ar
authors.forename: Florentina
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Diaz
authors.forename: Maria M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Ronderos
authors.forename: Gustavo R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Spinelli
authors.forename: Ruth L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Ferreira-Keppler
authors.forename: Sharlane R S
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Torreias
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D001938:Brazil; D002519:Ceratopogonidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D005260:Female; D008297:Male