The western hemisphere species of the predaceous midge Genus Echinohelea, with descriptions of six new species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
- There are four previously described species of the genus Echinohelea Kieffer in the Western Hemisphere. The following species are described as NEW SPECIES: aitkeni from Brazil, blantoni and panamensis from Panama, jamaicensis from Jamaica, and leei and neotropica from Colombia. Echinoideshelea NEW SUBGENUS is described with E. aitkeni n. sp. as type-species. The hitherto unknown pupal stage of the genus is described fro E. lanei Wirth, which was reared from a pond margin in New York, USA. Diagnoses are presented for the genus Echinohelea and the subgenus Echinoideshelea, a key is given for the identification of the 11 species, descriptions or diagnoses are given for all species, and diagnostic characters of the male genitalia are illustrated.
| Author: | Willis W. Wirth |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-1159428 |
| Parent Title (English): | Insecta mundi : a journal of world insect systematics |
| Publisher: | Center for Systematic Entomology |
| Place of publication: | Gainesville, Fla. |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2010/07/28 |
| Year of first Publication: | 1994 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2010/07/28 |
| Volume: | 08 |
| Issue: | 3-4 |
| Page Number: | 16 |
| First Page: | 227 |
| Last Page: | 242 |
| Source: | Gainesville, Fla. : Flora & Fauna Publ. - Insecta Mundi 08:3-4, S. 227-242 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 274283603 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
| Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
| Zeitschriften / Jahresberichte: | Insecta Mundi / Insecta Mundi, Volume 8 (1994) |
| : | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-333054 |
| Licence (German): |  Deutsches Urheberrecht |
