title: Description of the last instar larva and new contributions to the knowledge of the pupa of Dasyhelea mediomunda Minaya (Diptera, Culicomorpha, Ceratopogonidae).
abstract: The fourth instar larva of Dasyhelea mediomunda Minaya is described for the first time and a complete description of the pupa is provided, through use of phase-contrast microscope and scanning electron microscope. Studied specimens were collected in a pond connected to a small wetland "mallin" on the Patagonian steppe, Chubut province, Argentina.
authors.affiliation: UNLP, FCNYM, División Entomología, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque, s/n, 1900 La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Florentina
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Díaz
authors.affiliation: Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia "San Juan Bosco", Centro de Investigación Esquel de Montaña y Estepa Patagónica - CIEMEP, Laboratorio de Investigaciones en Ecología y Sistemática Animal (LIESA), CONICET - Sarmiento, 849, 9200 Esquel, Chubut, Argentina.
authors.forename: Danielle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Anjos-Santos
authors.affiliation: UNLP, FCNYM, División Entomología, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque, s/n, 1900 La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Amparo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Funes
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores (CEPAVE), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo (UNLP), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas/CONICET, Boulevard 120, s/n, e/61 y 62 La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: María M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Ronderos
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001118:Argentina; D002519:Ceratopogonidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D000073563:Culicomorpha; D005260:Female; D007814:Larva / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D011679:Pupa / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000648:ultrastructure