Six new species of Dasyhelea (Insecta, Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) from Patagonia

Six new species of Dasyhelea Kieffer, 1911 from Argentinean and Chilean Patagonia are described and illustrated based on adults. Five of these species do not belong to any of the recognized groups found in the Americas. The remaining one, Dasyhelea pabloi sp. nov. is a typical member of the leptobranchia group and is the first record of a species from this group found in the Neotropical region.

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Main Authors: Díaz,Florentina, Spinelli,Gustavo R, Ronderos,Maria M
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Museu de Ciências Naturais 2011
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0073-47212011000100004
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