• DOI:10.11646/ZOOTAXA3062.1.5
Corpus ID: 86235967

A new species of Polypedilum Kieffer from bromeliads in Parque Nacional Cusuco, Honduras (Chironomidae: Chironominae)

@article{Mendes2011ANS,
  title={A new species of Polypedilum Kieffer from bromeliads in Parque Nacional Cusuco, Honduras (Chironomidae: Chironominae)},
  author={H. Mendes and T. Andersen and M. Jocqu{\'e}},
  journal={Zootaxa},
  year={2011},
  volume={3062},
  pages={46-54}
}

• H. Mendes, T. Andersen, M. Jocqué
• Published 2011
• Biology
• Zootaxa

Polypedilum (P.) panacu sp. n. is described and illustrated based on all life-stages. The larva was collected from the leafaxils of the bromeliad Tillandsia guatemalensis L.B. Smith in Cusuco National Park, Honduras and reared in the laboratory. The male of the new species can be separated from the remaining Neotropical Polypedilum s. str. species by the spotted wings combined with the shape of the superior volsella and the number of setae on tergite IX; the female by the two dark spots on the… Expand

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