Nilothauma fittkaui (Soponis, 1987)

Pinho, Luiz Carlos & Andersen, Trond, 2021, Neotropical Nilothauma Kieffer, 1921 (Diptera, Chironomidae): Key, eleven new species, re-descriptions, new combination and new records, ZooKeys 1033, pp. 81-125 : 81

Nilothauma fittkaui (Soponis, 1987) Figure 17A

Additional material.

2 males, slide-mounted: Brazil, São Paulo, Campos do Jordão, PE Campos do Jordão, Corrego Canhambora , 1538 m a.s.l., 22°41'44"S, 45°29'30"W, 13.i.2006, light trap, M.R. Spies leg. 1 male, slide-mounted, Costa Rica, La Selva , 03.iv.1993, Malaise trap, O.A. Sæther leg.

Distribution

(Fig. 17A ). The species was described by Soponis (1987) from Amazonas and later recorded from Acre, Espírito Santo and Para States in Brazil and from Ecuador by Mendes and Andersen (2009). The range is now extended south to São Paulo State in Brazil and north to Costa Rica in Central America.

Figures

Figure 17. Distribution maps of Neotropical Nilothauma species A N. fittkaui (Soponis, 1987), N. amazonense Mendes & Andersen, 2009 B N. aripuanense Mendes & Andersen, 2009, N Nilothauma aleta Roback, 1960 C N. reissi (Soponis, 1987), N. soka Andersen, Bello-Gonzalez & Hagenlund, 2016 D N. anamariae Dantas & Hamada, 2017, N. jaraguaense Mendes & Andersen, 2009.