Classification > Family
Ceratopogonidae
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Ceratopogoninae
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Ceratopogonini
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Allaudomyia
Allaudomyia amazonica Spinelli & Wirth, 1984
slide Paratype male
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
- Argentina
- Corrientes
- Entre Ríos
- Formosa
Other distribution
Brazil (Amazonas, Mato Grosso)
amazonica Spinelli & Wirth, 1984c: 676 (female, male). Type locality: Brazil, Amazonas, Manaus. HT F (USNM). Distr.- Brazil (Amazonas), Argentina (Corrientes: Estación Biológica Corrientes, 27º32'51.8''S, 58º40'44.8''W, 52 m. Entre Ríos: Paraná, 31°44'28.63"S, 60°30'41.57"W). Refs.: Spinelli, 1987b: 160; Díaz et al., 2015: 88.
NEW RECORD:
Corrientes: Esteros del Iberá, Estancia San Nicolás, casco, 28º07'41.0''S, 57º26'03.5''W.
Larvae and pupae were collected in temporary ponds on the aquatic fern S. biloba Raddi emend. De la Sota, cohabiting with other species of Ceratopogonidae
Díaz et al., 2015 the first descrition opf the larva and pupa are provided. Studied specimens were collected in the Corrientes Province, Argentina associated with aquatic ferns (salvinia biloba Raddi emend. De la Sota.. The larva were examined using SEM and CM, while the pupae by CM only. Data on the bionomics are provided.
NEW RECORD:
Corrientes: Esteros del Iberá, Estancia San Nicolás, casco, 28º07'41.0''S, 57º26'03.5''W.
Larvae and pupae were collected in temporary ponds on the aquatic fern S. biloba Raddi emend. De la Sota, cohabiting with other species of Ceratopogonidae
Díaz et al., 2015 the first descrition opf the larva and pupa are provided. Studied specimens were collected in the Corrientes Province, Argentina associated with aquatic ferns (salvinia biloba Raddi emend. De la Sota.. The larva were examined using SEM and CM, while the pupae by CM only. Data on the bionomics are provided.
- SPINELLI, G. R. & W. W. WIRTH. 1984b. The Neotropical predaceous midges of the genus Alluaudomyia (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 86 (3): 673-702.:673-702.
- DIAZ, F. P. I. MARINO, M. M. RONDEROS & G. R. SPINELLI. 2015. Detailed description of larvae and pupae of two Neotropical species of Alluaudomyia Kieffer (Culicomorpha: Ceratopogonidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger. 257: 87-95.:88.
