Nandeva cf. tropica Wiedenbrug, Reiss et Fittkau

Andersen, Trond, Saether, Ole A. & Contreras-Ramos, Atilano, 2011, New species and records of Nandeva Wiedenbrug, Reiss et Fittkau (Chironomidae: Chironominae), Zootaxa 3136, pp. 45-60 : 55-56

Nandeva cf. tropica Wiedenbrug, Reiss et Fittkau

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Nandeva tropica Wiedenbrug, Reiss et Fittkau, 1998: 64 .

Additional material. BRAZIL: São Paulo State, Salesópolis, Estação Biológica Boracéia, Salesópolis, Trilha dos Pilões, 23o39'04.8''S, 45o53'41.8''W, 1 male, 3–5.iv.2001, Malaise trap trilha 3, S.T.P. Amarante et al. ( BORA 03: BIOTA-FAPESP). VENEZUELA: Aragua State, Parque Nacional Henri Pittier, road to Choroni, 700 m a.s.l., 1 male, 14.ix.1999, light trap, T. Andersen.

The pupal exuviae was described by Wiedenbrug et al. (1998: 64). Saether & Roque (2004) described the species “ Nandeva cf. tropica ” based on males, but the association with the pupa was tentative. Superior volsella is illustrated in Figure 25 .

Distribution and biology. The species previously was known only from Brazil and Panama. The new material extends the distribution to include Venezuela where it was taken close to a small, fast flowing stream with stony and sandy bottom substratum.

Figures

FIGURES 21 – 25. Nandeva latiloba Saether et Roque (21), N. strixinorum Saether et Roque (22 – 24) and N. cf. tropica Wiedenbrug, Reiss et Fittkau (25), males. 22 — hypopygium, dorsal aspect; 23 — hypopygium with anal point and tergite IX removed, dorsal aspect to the left, ventral aspect to the right; 21, 24, 25 — superior volsella, dorsal view.